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Date:      Fri, 07 May 2004 19:12:19 +0100
From:      Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org>
To:        Bart Silverstrim <bsilver@chrononomicon.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ntfs mount
Message-ID:  <409BD183.50707@ukug.uk.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <828AC69D-A050-11D8-8CAE-000A956D2452@chrononomicon.com>
References:  <200405071712.i47HCEp10601@akiva.homer.att.com> <409BC9FF.1030301@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> <828AC69D-A050-11D8-8CAE-000A956D2452@chrononomicon.com>

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Bart Silverstrim wrote:

> On May 7, 2004, at 1:40 PM, Mark Ovens wrote:
> 
>> J. W. Ballantine wrote:
>>> It a Dell, but given the configuration, i do not believe it came
>>> pre-installed from the factory.
>>
>> I would have thought that a Dell would have had *an* OS pre-installed.
>>
> 
> Not always.  I am running FBSD 4.9 on a couple Dell 2650's ordered just 
> for the purpose of installing FreeBSD on them for some of  our server 
> use...you can specify *no operating system* and they ship you the 
> system and rails with nothing but the hard drives configured for RAID 
> on the PERC controller.  No fuss, no muss :-)
> 

That's good to know :-) Does it only apply to servers, or can you get 
desktop machines /sans/ OS?

Regards,

Mark

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