Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 15:56:26 -0600 (CST) From: moliveri@uti.com To: "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Dell PowerEdge 2500 Message-ID: <4252.204.248.53.43.1076968586.squirrel@www.uti.com> In-Reply-To: <200402161517.26889.algould@datawok.com> References: <4007.204.248.53.43.1076961887.squirrel@www.uti.com> <200402161517.26889.algould@datawok.com>
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That's what I was hoping to hear. Thanks for the responses, all! Take care, Mike > On Monday 16 February 2004 02:04 pm, moliveri@uti.com wrote: >> Anyone have any experience installing FreeBSD on a Dell PowerEdge >> server? >> 2500 or any other? I'm looking at having to do so and, having not done >> it >> before, I'm just wondering if there are any gotchas I should be aware of >> or if I have to use their OpenManage CDs or something. >> >> Take care, >> Mike > > The server I have at work is a Dell PowerEdge. I think the specific model > is > 1400SC; but my memory could be faulty. It's on the other side of Texas, > so I > can't see the case right now. > > The server came with a small, bootable dos partition at the beginning of > the > scsi hard drive that has certain utilities. Since I was new to FreeBSD at > the time; I left the dos partition in place. The Dell CD's were put in a > drawer.....somewhere. I've never used them. > > FreeBSD installed easily and has performed flawlessly. I don't remember > what > version I installed back in 2001; but the server has remained on the > STABLE > track via cvsup and 'make world'. The server houses PostgreSQL databases > used for clinical analysis and acts as a SAMBA server for the analysts. > > I've replaced the IDE CDROM with a Sony DVD RW DRU-500A to burn gzipped > pg_dump files to DVD-R. Dealing with the server's screwless case drove me > nuts. The DRU-500A's went on clearance -- good price for excellent > hardware, > if you can still find one. > > My only advice is the same for all computers: Max out the RAM while it's > relatively inexpensive. > > Happy serving, > > Andrew Gould > >
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