Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 11:24:54 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: cswiger@mac.com (Chuck Swiger) Cc: Mike Galvez <galvez@virginia.edu>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Opinions Wanted: Dell PowerEdge Servers ... ? Message-ID: <200606261524.k5QFOseV010228@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <449FF5B3.40004@mac.com>
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> > Mike Galvez wrote: > [ ... ] > > No small thing you need to consider when choosing Dell is that they DO NOT support > > FreeBSD. They support Windows and Red Hat Linux. If the machine is not lights-out > > and the OS is not one of the above, they will not send parts or a technician. > > > > I found this out the hard way and had to load Linux on a spare drive just to prove > > a piece of hardware was failing. > > I've heard that Dells tech support isn't as helpful as it used to be, but I've > had them replace a CD-ROM drive and a 4mm DAT tape backup on Dell machines > dedicated to FreeBSD without any problems. > > Try running the diagnostic CD or floppy that came with the machine? > (Or can be downloaded for the specific system type from the Dell website.) Dell support grumbles a bit, but they have replaced tapes, disks, SCSI controllers and even mother boards on our machines running FreeBSD. ////jerry > -- > -Chuck > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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