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Date:      Tue, 11 Jan 2000 12:02:02 +1100 (EST)
From:      Rowan Crowe <rowan@sensation.net.au>
To:        freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: TX pro II motherboard
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.01.10001111159510.14332-100000@velvet.sensation.net.au>
In-Reply-To: <387A6103.3D531371@oss.uswest.net>

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On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Pete Mckenna wrote:

> We have 50 or so L440GX MB runnig FreeBSD and are pretty happy with
> them.
> They have a Intel PRO/100+ (Intel 82559) and Adaptec 7896 Dual Channel
> SCSI onboard.
> These boards also can export preboot info via a serial port which is
> nice for long distance bios access. We have many of these server in
> remote dark sites. A new rev is supposed to support up to 700MHZ PIII.
> Oh, and these are SMP boards.

Sounds great, except for the price... a quick look at a price list shows
that it's nearly 8 times that of the TX pro II! It won't be a high end
server so that board would definitely be overkill.

The serial port boot sounds good too - that's the only reason I need video
on board, to configure the BIOS and debug any early boot problems...

Cheers.


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Rowan Crowe                              http://www.rowan.sensation.net.au/
Sensation Internet Services                    http://www.sensation.net.au/
Melbourne, Australia                                 Phone: +61-3-9388-9260



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