/mathias
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That's what I was hoping to hear. Thanks for the responses, all!
Take care, Mike
On Monday 16 February 2004 02:04 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
_______________________________________________
[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions
To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
_______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
