From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 13 06:06:39 2009 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 5AC3C106566C for ; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:06:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jackbarnett@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yw0-f178.google.com (mail-yw0-f178.google.com [209.85.211.178]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0924D8FC12 for ; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:06:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ywh8 with SMTP id 8so2799595ywh.3 for ; Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:06:38 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:reply-to :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type; bh=GvuReTlh+Aa/oQVJs0g7IrvUEu6ayeUCNqY/bVqIQc8=; b=jG5x1lmeqDZa7D8qBnBmupcwRYf2jRW7F1itJ68EF37Y/oNWlSFO5u6HpNRsv1x/tf JfOXweGZgZkASE+DBHtTqpzG9lLRToGbdvdL7ffzWAeFdgl61HISyRaxkpOjJYtXXTe/ J2MyZ1NWNGI7rByxKaOg7KVFFTRvKWsiHqF0A= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:reply-to:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type; b=prGSllCRnDcvp+rRAhNTUGA1aDXJKtg8dGZSlxHY3lbR3RuNNrFYJ/IUXvQavixol3 pff6vevrgOiseSp3an9oQDHerAxRiW5Zykh1lyWD7fvsICkmBzLc5oml9UV1o4+kNcLr FYj8Aokm8P8R03VathmB4mArrRwalK1Dwt/cY= Received: by 10.150.105.7 with SMTP id d7mr33068ybc.331.1258092398077; Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:06:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?98.240.166.249? (c-98-240-166-249.hsd1.mn.comcast.net [98.240.166.249]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 9sm1321529ywe.26.2009.11.12.22.06.36 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:06:37 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4AFCF76A.2020100@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:06:34 -0600 From: Jack Barnett User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20080124) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David Rawling References: <4AFB3A2A.4040303@brianwhalen.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: atom based servers X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: jackbarnett@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:06:39 -0000 Curious, how did you get it installed? My motherboard doesn't have an IDE port (so, no IDE CD-ROM) and don't think booting from USB-CDROM is supported Booting from USB Flash drive works? David Rawling wrote: > -----Original Message----- > >> From: Brian Whalen >> Sent: Thu 12/11/2009 9:26 AM >> >> I see supermicro and potentially others have atom servers available, >> anyone tried these on freebsd with success? >> >> Brian >> > > Hi Brian > > Indeed, I have a FreeBSD 8.0RC1 system running as my primary time > server for the home network. Since it's an Atom 330, it fully > supports 64-bit mode (an opportunity I have grasped with both hands). > > The board I happen to be using is an Intel DG945GCLF2 - a clone > board with just 1 DIMM slot and two SATA ports. Everything I need > to have supported Just Worked out of the box. > > The server itself is running at a very low load level: > > timeserver ~ 15> uptime > 1:00PM up 6 days, 12:38, 1 user, load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 > > I can provide the output of most any other commands if you'd like > to see anything specific. I rather suspect that the Supermicro and > other server-class Atoms will still be using the Intel 945 or > similar chipsets. > > Dave. > -- > David Rawling > PD Consulting And Security > Email: djr@pdconsec.net > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >