From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 25 15:09:37 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE53410656A9 for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:09:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ryan.coleman@cwis.biz) Received: from mail.skiltech.com (bunning.skiltech.com [65.36.251.181]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 839D48FC13 for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:09:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ryan.coleman@cwis.biz) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.skiltech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C08AA25BE6D; Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:09:36 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at skiltech.com Received: from mail.skiltech.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (bunning.skiltech.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Ee6DIvm6aoXX; Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:09:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [172.16.1.68] (unknown [206.145.250.193]) by mail.skiltech.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id E823F25BEC9; Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:09:24 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <48625FA3.8030005@cwis.biz> Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:09:23 -0500 From: Ryan Coleman User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Derek Ragona References: <20080624225958.10007934@gom.home> <6.0.0.22.2.20080625100228.0251a628@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20080625100228.0251a628@mail.computinginnovations.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, prad Subject: Re: why an old operating system X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:09:37 -0000 Derek Ragona wrote: > At 12:59 AM 6/25/2008, prad wrote: >> in our search for servers we contacted genstor (on the freebsd >> compatible hardware list) and a very nice fellow talked to us and sent >> us a quote. it was out of our price range, but i was very puzzled to see >> that the brand new and powerful system they were putting together was >> going to be operating with freebsd 5.4 >> >> why would a new system such as this be supplied with such an old os? >> >> -- >> In friendship, >> prad > > Prad, > > You'd need to ask them why they are using such an old version. > > The good news is that FreeBSD will run on almost any x86 motherboard, > you need to check compatibility for things like RAID cards and other > specialized peripherals. You could consider switching hosts. My host is running 6.3 and is very stable, fast and (IMO) affordable. If you're interested in their contact info, let me know. -- Ryan