Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 18:39:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Marc <marc@geekythings.com> To: "R.P. Aditya" <aditya@grot.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Intel ISP1100 or similar 1U experience with 4.3 stable Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0107111837060.81413-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20010711153213.A13021@mighty.grot.org>
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On Wed, 11 Jul 2001, R.P. Aditya wrote: > On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 06:22:45PM -0400, Marc wrote: > > I have a couple of Sun X1s...and they are indeed nice little units, > > especially given the price. > > The only negative thing I've heard about them is that they are > loud...comments? Haven't really noticed that. They're quite quiet compared to the IBM H80s and p-Series 660s they're next to!!! > > The Appro 1124 is a nice box...although it's more expensive than the Sun > > box. It's a nice 1U chasssis with four (4!) hot-swap drive bays and the > > Tyan Athlon MP motherboard. http://www.appro.com/1124/index.html > > Thanks for the pointer, however I'm looking for something smaller -- I'd have > to mount the Appro 1124 in a four-post rack or mid-mount at best, but the > Netra x1 can be front mounted. What's more, the Appro's BIOS doesn't look > like it can redirect the output to only the serial port. This is what we're doing with the Linux BIOS project (serial BIOS control). Any of the FreeBSD's interested in such projects or getting Linux BIOS to boot FreeBSD (*shudder*)?! -marc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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