From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Dec 21 9:29:36 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mail.wolves.k12.mo.us (mail.wolves.k12.mo.us [207.160.214.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14A9D37B416 for ; Fri, 21 Dec 2001 09:29:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.wolves.k12.mo.us (cdillon@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us [207.160.214.1]) by mail.wolves.k12.mo.us (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA58721; Fri, 21 Dec 2001 11:29:28 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us) Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 11:29:28 -0600 (CST) From: Chris Dillon To: Francisco Reyes Cc: FreeBSD Chat List Subject: Re: Just lost one to Linux. Compaq server support. In-Reply-To: <20011221115040.A10480-100000@zoraida.natserv.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 21 Dec 2001, Francisco Reyes wrote: > On Fri, 21 Dec 2001, Chris Dillon wrote: > > > FreeBSD should run on a DL380 just fine. The RAID controller is the > > only thing you might have trouble with, but as of a few days ago, > > STABLE now supports the Compaq SmartArray 5* series (ciss driver). > > If that was your problem with running FreeBSD on it, try a recent > > STABLE snapshot. > > I have read about "STABLE snapshots", but where are they? They are equivalent to "releases" of FreeBSD made daily and available at ftp://releng4.freebsd.org and any other place that wishes to make one. You install them just like any official RELEASE. It is fairly easy to make your own snapshot by having a local copy of the CVS repository and using src/release/Makefile. -- Chris Dillon - cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdillon@inter-linc.net FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet - Available for IA32 (Intel x86) and Alpha architectures - IA64, PowerPC, UltraSPARC, and ARM architectures under development - http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message