Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 11:59:03 +0100 From: Pete French <petefrench@ticketswitch.com> To: bh@izb.knu.ac.kr, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Compaq Message-ID: <E1GEOXf-000EB9-F9@dilbert.firstcallgroup.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <44E69F26.6090707@izb.knu.ac.kr>
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> I obtained a Compaq(COMPAQ PROLIANT 5500) machine by chance. > By the way, is possible install FreeBSD this machine? I used to run FreeBSD 4 on this machine very successfully. The only thing you need to know is that if you want SMP to work then you need to go into the Compawq BIOS and tell it that the operating system is Novell Netware SMP for some reason. But if you do that it boots fine. > If possible, which version I try installation? Try 6.1, I can see no reason why it shouldn't work just as well as 4.11 did for me. -pcf.
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