From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 26 15:17:31 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id PAA28360 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 26 Nov 1997 15:17:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id PAA28351 for ; Wed, 26 Nov 1997 15:17:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id PAA19461; Wed, 26 Nov 1997 15:17:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 15:17:09 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Pablo Ares Gastesi cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: hardware question In-Reply-To: <199711260117.GAA02188@moduli.math.tifr.res.in> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 26 Nov 1997, Pablo Ares Gastesi wrote: > Hello, > > I am the sys-admin of a place with a little more than 100 users. > I want to get a new machine to be my main mail server (as well as > anonymous ftp, web, proxy... server) I would like to know if FreeBSD > boots in any of the following machines: > > * Dell Poweredge 4200, dual Pentium-II @ 300 MHz > * Digital Prioris HX 6000 series (PentiumPro or Pentium-II) Should work fine on both of them. I don't know the exact parts in these machines, so I can't comment on whether you'll be able to use all the onboard components. Whether SMP-CURRENT can drive the other processor in your Dell is a good question. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major