From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 14 15:16:18 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4B8C16A420 for ; Tue, 14 Feb 2006 15:16:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from josefsen@wasd.dk) Received: from swip.net (mailfe04.swip.net [212.247.154.97]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4520A43D49 for ; Tue, 14 Feb 2006 15:16:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from josefsen@wasd.dk) X-T2-Posting-ID: KGmt/d/wOu6Babj+G0YSeg== X-Cloudmark-Score: 0.000000 [] Received: from tycho.ique.dk ([83.72.135.6] verified) by mailfe04.swip.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.2) with ESMTP id 120574164 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 14 Feb 2006 16:16:14 +0100 Received: by tycho.ique.dk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 256399B451; Tue, 14 Feb 2006 16:18:39 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 16:18:39 +0100 From: Brian Josefsen To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060214151839.GC55006@wasd.dk> References: <43F1E250.1070705@pixelhammer.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <43F1E250.1070705@pixelhammer.com> X-Value-Of-Pi: 3.1428571428571428 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Subject: Re: NAS advice? 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: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 15:16:19 -0000 On Tue, Feb 14, 2006 at 08:59:44AM -0500, DAve wrote: > > My questions! I will install FreeBSD on the Poweredge. Should I, could > I, install FreeBSD on the Powervaults? I've no experience with them. If > they are stable, I would just as soon plug them in and let them go. > The Dell's are great with FreeBSD, but pay attention if it has one of those Dell DRAC controllers for remote management that it will appear to FreeBSD as an usb keyboard + mouse and therefore take precedence over an ps/2 keyboard or an usb keyboard which will be handled as an extra keyboard. Therefore, before you reboot after installation from the shell prompt make sure you add keyboard=/dev/kbd0 to your rc.conf _before_ rebooting. Good luck with your project -- Med venlig hilsen / Best regards Brian Josefsen