Re: Hardware compatibility
On 02/23/12 11:57, Da Rock wrote: On 02/23/12 08:33, Jerry wrote: On Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:31:10 +1000 Da Rock articulated: The most annoying for me was when they're running Win7 (blah!) and I was trying to burn a cd _and_ keep the kids from interrupting by playing on the keyboard. I closed the lid like I do with FBSD and it suspended! Grr! That behavior is totally configurable. You can change it to do nothing, enter hibernation, activate the screen saver, etc. You just have to RTFM. Yes it is configurable, especially in FBSD, which is exactly my point to the OP. Oh, and I might add: what manual? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Hardware compatibility
On 02/23/12 08:33, Jerry wrote: On Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:31:10 +1000 Da Rock articulated: The most annoying for me was when they're running Win7 (blah!) and I was trying to burn a cd _and_ keep the kids from interrupting by playing on the keyboard. I closed the lid like I do with FBSD and it suspended! Grr! That behavior is totally configurable. You can change it to do nothing, enter hibernation, activate the screen saver, etc. You just have to RTFM. Yes it is configurable, especially in FBSD, which is exactly my point to the OP. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Hardware compatibility
On Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:31:10 +1000 Da Rock articulated: > The most annoying for me was when they're running Win7 (blah!) and I > was trying to burn a cd _and_ keep the kids from interrupting by > playing on the keyboard. I closed the lid like I do with FBSD and it > suspended! Grr! That behavior is totally configurable. You can change it to do nothing, enter hibernation, activate the screen saver, etc. You just have to RTFM. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Hardware compatibility
On 02/22/12 09:19, Polytropon wrote: On Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:44:08 +1000, Da Rock wrote: On 02/22/12 01:44, Polytropon wrote: Today's problems seem to be suspend/resume/hibernate (all the variations of "it's not switched on, but also not switched off entirely") and some specific sorts of wireless devices. I've never used, so I hadn't thought of it. That doesn't work for desktop either does it? If you can show me how to close a desktop's or minitower's lid... :-) When APM was the standard for those functionalities, it worked perfectly at the time APM had been obsoleted. I assume the same thing regarding ACPI will be the same: When it works, it gets replaced by something else. Kinda like 802.11n and flash... One thing I have tested is the backlight turns off when you close the lid and the power button will do a proper shutdown. I haven't heard of the others working - at the very least you need to script it for your own needs. Depends. Sometimes you might intend that closing the lid doesn't cause _any_ action, and the power button to be the power button (causing a shutdown). Exanple: You are using the laptop with external keyboard, mouse and screen. To avoid the internal keyboard to become dusty, closing the laptop would be nice. And if you're done with the work - also applies when used "normally" - press the power button, close the lid, and the device will power down in few seconds. Modern laptops don't seem to be able to perform like that. If you press the power button, maybe they shutdown. If you close the light right after that, it will go into some sleep or hibernate mode _during_ the shutdown. As far as I know, many of such functionalities depends on the ACPI implementation. Here, manufacturers often do a crappy job, not caring for specifications and standards. This may often render parts of the device useless. Most of it all can be scripted using devd. I don't know of any acpi laptops that have it builtin, it all has to implemented in the OS. Except the lid and backlight. The most annoying for me was when they're running Win7 (blah!) and I was trying to burn a cd _and_ keep the kids from interrupting by playing on the keyboard. I closed the lid like I do with FBSD and it suspended! Grr! Fair comment. I had in mind mostly a CD, but I admit a USB will be far better. I also had in mind the livefs system produced by the releases, which doesn't give much at all. X would be very helpful and implies a full system on the disk - this _will_ do most tests for a production environment, like test whether components actually work or are just recognised. Live file systems like FreeSBIE produced good results when the underlying OS was recent. 3D and current drivers might be a problem today. If you do this *and* get it to boot, you want to get a copy of pciconf -lv which will give you the best idea on whats what. You may be able to use a linux live disk (if you can get it to boot) to accomplish this better. USB sticks seem to be the best solution as they can allow you to store files (as the results of your investigation). Definitely agreed. But you'd need a full on system to do this, preferably with X - watch the Vid cards. That said you can always use vesa anyway. Of course, but if you are interested in utilizing the new system's full functionality, being able to also load kernel drivers (such as nVidia and ATI) could also be a benefit. Unfortunately merely loading the drivers won't tell you much without X. They can conflict (or not) only when run by X. These days, though, its not just video to worry about like this. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Hardware compatibility
On Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:44:08 +1000, Da Rock wrote: > On 02/22/12 01:44, Polytropon wrote: > > Today's problems seem to be suspend/resume/hibernate (all > > the variations of "it's not switched on, but also not > > switched off entirely") and some specific sorts of wireless > > devices. > I've never used, so I hadn't thought of it. That doesn't work for > desktop either does it? If you can show me how to close a desktop's or minitower's lid... :-) When APM was the standard for those functionalities, it worked perfectly at the time APM had been obsoleted. I assume the same thing regarding ACPI will be the same: When it works, it gets replaced by something else. > One thing I have tested is the backlight turns off when you close the > lid and the power button will do a proper shutdown. I haven't heard of > the others working - at the very least you need to script it for your > own needs. Depends. Sometimes you might intend that closing the lid doesn't cause _any_ action, and the power button to be the power button (causing a shutdown). Exanple: You are using the laptop with external keyboard, mouse and screen. To avoid the internal keyboard to become dusty, closing the laptop would be nice. And if you're done with the work - also applies when used "normally" - press the power button, close the lid, and the device will power down in few seconds. Modern laptops don't seem to be able to perform like that. If you press the power button, maybe they shutdown. If you close the light right after that, it will go into some sleep or hibernate mode _during_ the shutdown. As far as I know, many of such functionalities depends on the ACPI implementation. Here, manufacturers often do a crappy job, not caring for specifications and standards. This may often render parts of the device useless. > Fair comment. I had in mind mostly a CD, but I admit a USB will be far > better. I also had in mind the livefs system produced by the releases, > which doesn't give much at all. X would be very helpful and implies a > full system on the disk - this _will_ do most tests for a production > environment, like test whether components actually work or are just > recognised. Live file systems like FreeSBIE produced good results when the underlying OS was recent. 3D and current drivers might be a problem today. > >> If you do this *and* get it to boot, you want to get a copy of pciconf > >> -lv which will give you the best idea on whats what. You may be able to > >> use a linux live disk (if you can get it to boot) to accomplish this > >> better. > > USB sticks seem to be the best solution as they can allow > > you to store files (as the results of your investigation). > Definitely agreed. But you'd need a full on system to do this, > preferably with X - watch the Vid cards. That said you can always use > vesa anyway. Of course, but if you are interested in utilizing the new system's full functionality, being able to also load kernel drivers (such as nVidia and ATI) could also be a benefit. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Hardware compatibility
On 02/22/12 01:44, Polytropon wrote: On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:45:05 +1000, Da Rock wrote: To the OP, check the pages Polytropon has linked here, but the chances of getting exactly that are nil to impossible. I've run about 6 or more laptops now without too much trouble. The biggest problems were wireless, but that was the bad old days... most support is there now thanks to Adrianns work. Today's problems seem to be suspend/resume/hibernate (all the variations of "it's not switched on, but also not switched off entirely") and some specific sorts of wireless devices. I've never used, so I hadn't thought of it. That doesn't work for desktop either does it? One thing I have tested is the backlight turns off when you close the lid and the power button will do a proper shutdown. I haven't heard of the others working - at the very least you need to script it for your own needs. Having a live disk is not likely to help for several reasons: 1. there aren't really the tools to see if something will actually work in a production environment (unless pc-bsd have a disc I don't know about). For instance, wifi maybe recognised but not actually work and error like crazy only once you start to use it. The main idea of using such a system is to most precisely determine the _present_ hardware to allow further investigations (e. g. web searches and mailing list questions). The OS from disc or stick can help to identify the hardware. If you're running a live file system from a USB stick, you can do things like: # dmesg # pciconf -lv # usbconfig # sysctl -a If you start the system by "boot -v" (verbose logging), dmesg will contain some more lines than usual. If you have a USB stick, you can easily save the output of those commands to persistent files. If you have X in the mix, you can also check the support for the display and obtain other information that might be important later on (especially GPU info): # glxinfo # xvinfo Log files worth saving are in /var/log, as well as Xorg.0.log for X-related things. If you prepare some programs, you can also do some testing, e. g. multimedia, gaming, 3D support, networking and so on. Fair comment. I had in mind mostly a CD, but I admit a USB will be far better. I also had in mind the livefs system produced by the releases, which doesn't give much at all. X would be very helpful and implies a full system on the disk - this _will_ do most tests for a production environment, like test whether components actually work or are just recognised. 2. The BIOS will get in your way - see recent thread regarding samsung laptop not installing. I don't think the salespeople will let you play with that either. Depends. If you're interested in buying one of the more expensive ones, they will offer you a "test ride" which includes that you have a look at the CMOS setup (which is something very typical for you as an IT professional). You can say: "The BIOS is defective, it doesn't allow me to boot a standard OS. Let's see... for 100$ less, I would still do you a favour and buy it." :-) You are a devious one Polytropon :) That would depend on the sales enviornment and country your in. Here they have the systems running with a lease on and a screenlock, and try to show you as little as possible to buy the thing... or you buy online. I'd love to try that trick of yours though If you do this *and* get it to boot, you want to get a copy of pciconf -lv which will give you the best idea on whats what. You may be able to use a linux live disk (if you can get it to boot) to accomplish this better. USB sticks seem to be the best solution as they can allow you to store files (as the results of your investigation). Definitely agreed. But you'd need a full on system to do this, preferably with X - watch the Vid cards. That said you can always use vesa anyway. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Hardware compatibility
On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:45:05 +1000, Da Rock wrote: > To the OP, check the pages Polytropon has linked here, but the chances > of getting exactly that are nil to impossible. I've run about 6 or more > laptops now without too much trouble. The biggest problems were > wireless, but that was the bad old days... most support is there now > thanks to Adrianns work. Today's problems seem to be suspend/resume/hibernate (all the variations of "it's not switched on, but also not switched off entirely") and some specific sorts of wireless devices. > Having a live disk is not likely to help for several reasons: > 1. there aren't really the tools to see if something will actually work > in a production environment (unless pc-bsd have a disc I don't know > about). For instance, wifi maybe recognised but not actually work and > error like crazy only once you start to use it. The main idea of using such a system is to most precisely determine the _present_ hardware to allow further investigations (e. g. web searches and mailing list questions). The OS from disc or stick can help to identify the hardware. If you're running a live file system from a USB stick, you can do things like: # dmesg # pciconf -lv # usbconfig # sysctl -a If you start the system by "boot -v" (verbose logging), dmesg will contain some more lines than usual. If you have a USB stick, you can easily save the output of those commands to persistent files. If you have X in the mix, you can also check the support for the display and obtain other information that might be important later on (especially GPU info): # glxinfo # xvinfo Log files worth saving are in /var/log, as well as Xorg.0.log for X-related things. If you prepare some programs, you can also do some testing, e. g. multimedia, gaming, 3D support, networking and so on. > 2. The BIOS will get in your way - see recent thread regarding samsung > laptop not installing. I don't think the salespeople will let you play > with that either. Depends. If you're interested in buying one of the more expensive ones, they will offer you a "test ride" which includes that you have a look at the CMOS setup (which is something very typical for you as an IT professional). You can say: "The BIOS is defective, it doesn't allow me to boot a standard OS. Let's see... for 100$ less, I would still do you a favour and buy it." :-) > If you do this *and* get it to boot, you want to get a copy of pciconf > -lv which will give you the best idea on whats what. You may be able to > use a linux live disk (if you can get it to boot) to accomplish this better. USB sticks seem to be the best solution as they can allow you to store files (as the results of your investigation). -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Hardware compatibility
On 02/21/12 05:35, Polytropon wrote: On Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:35:43 +0100, Riccardo Garzelli wrote: I was thinking of purchasing a new laptop and I wanted to go for FreeBSD OS. Unfortunately I'm no brainer in Unix so I'd like to find a PC that can run FreeBSD 9.0 out of the box. Could you either tell me which hardware are suitable or a link to a compatibility list? Check the hardware compatibility list to find out which devices are compatible to FreeBSD, also see the release notes regarding version 9.0 of the OS. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/faq/hardware.html http://www.freebsd.org/releases/9.0R/hardware.html It's also a good idea to prepare a FreeBSD CD or DVD (or USB stick) that you can launch a FreeBSD system from (e. g. live file system with some diagnostic tools, to see if the hardware is supported). Ask if you can boot the system you're interested in buying with that test media, it shouldn't be a problem. You could also _ask_ for how the FreeBSD support is, but don't expect any useful answers from an average salesperson. :-) "Does it run FreeBSD?" - "Yes, you can click on the Internet with it, it's very shiny and comes with a wireless cable." =^_^= LOL. I like that - I ended up selling a mobile phone to someone in a major retailer while a clueless salesperson attempted to answer their questions. When the salesperson came back to me to see what I wanted, I realised he wasn't going to know the answer either... To the OP, check the pages Polytropon has linked here, but the chances of getting exactly that are nil to impossible. I've run about 6 or more laptops now without too much trouble. The biggest problems were wireless, but that was the bad old days... most support is there now thanks to Adrianns work. Find one you like and run with it. If you have any issues post here and see if people have some answers that will make it work. I hang out here a lot for starters. Having a live disk is not likely to help for several reasons: 1. there aren't really the tools to see if something will actually work in a production environment (unless pc-bsd have a disc I don't know about). For instance, wifi maybe recognised but not actually work and error like crazy only once you start to use it. 2. The BIOS will get in your way - see recent thread regarding samsung laptop not installing. I don't think the salespeople will let you play with that either. All the laptops (and possibly branded desktops) are getting the Window$ "virus". If you do this *and* get it to boot, you want to get a copy of pciconf -lv which will give you the best idea on whats what. You may be able to use a linux live disk (if you can get it to boot) to accomplish this better. I did this with a touch screen years ago and "wowed" the salesperson - they generally have no clue about these things :) My advice: buy one and wing it... it will be alright mostly. My current laptops with FreeBSD: HP Compaq Presario CQ62 HP Compaq Presario CQ62 Asus A52N ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Hardware compatibility
On Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:35:43 +0100, Riccardo Garzelli wrote: > I was thinking of purchasing a new laptop and I wanted to go for FreeBSD > OS. Unfortunately I'm no brainer in Unix so I'd like to find a PC that can > run FreeBSD 9.0 out of the box. > Could you either tell me which hardware are suitable or a link to a > compatibility list? Check the hardware compatibility list to find out which devices are compatible to FreeBSD, also see the release notes regarding version 9.0 of the OS. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/faq/hardware.html http://www.freebsd.org/releases/9.0R/hardware.html It's also a good idea to prepare a FreeBSD CD or DVD (or USB stick) that you can launch a FreeBSD system from (e. g. live file system with some diagnostic tools, to see if the hardware is supported). Ask if you can boot the system you're interested in buying with that test media, it shouldn't be a problem. You could also _ask_ for how the FreeBSD support is, but don't expect any useful answers from an average salesperson. :-) "Does it run FreeBSD?" - "Yes, you can click on the Internet with it, it's very shiny and comes with a wireless cable." =^_^= -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Hardware compatibility
On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 05:35:43PM +0100, Riccardo Garzelli wrote: > Dear Information service > > I was thinking of purchasing a new laptop and I wanted to go for FreeBSD > OS. Unfortunately I'm no brainer in Unix so I'd like to find a PC that can > run FreeBSD 9.0 out of the box. The best way to check is to take a LiveCD to the store and ask if you can boot the laptop that you'd like from that. > Could you either tell me which hardware are suitable or a link to a > compatibility list? GIYF: http://laptop.bsdgroup.de/freebsd/ Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) pgp5RzsB35nOD.pgp Description: PGP signature
Hardware compatibility
Dear Information service I was thinking of purchasing a new laptop and I wanted to go for FreeBSD OS. Unfortunately I'm no brainer in Unix so I'd like to find a PC that can run FreeBSD 9.0 out of the box. Could you either tell me which hardware are suitable or a link to a compatibility list? Thanks in advance Rick ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Hardware Compatibility
Hello all, I have a quick question about server hardware compatibility. We're looking to buy a replacement server and the HP ProLiant DL320 G6 E5502 was listed as a possible option. http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF06b/15351-15351-3328412-241644-241475-3929672-3942218-3942219.html The FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE hardware list doesn't list the included Smart Array B110i SATA RAID controller as compatible so I was wondering if anyone had any experience with this hardware. Alternatively if anyone has recommendations of a different model or brand of server that is more compatible in the $2500 range, please let me know. We use it for simple web development for a group of 12 people and run samba, apache, php, mysql Thank you for your time, David Travel Impressions made the following annotations - "This message and any attachments are solely for the intended recipient and may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, use, or distribution of the information included in this message and any attachments is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail and immediately and permanently delete this message and any attachments. Thank you." ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: About FreeBSD hardware compatibility?
On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 10:15:37AM +0800, aaron lewis wrote: > Hi, > I'm a freebsd lovers , i wonna install fbsd7.1 to my laptop (IBM > Thinkpad R400 a18). > There's no available informations on laptop compatibility lists. So do you > have any solutions to make a quick check if everything will work? > I know Solaris has a Install_check tool which will give a list whether a > hardware has solaris drivers ,third-part driver or not supported. > Does Fbsd has something likely? > Thk in advance! Here are some web pages to look at. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/laptop/index.html http://laptop.bsdgroup.de/freebsd/ http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile http://tuxmobil.org/mobile_bsd.html In addition, the RELEASE notes section for each release of FreeBSD contains pages or hardware compatibility notes. Just look for the RELEASE and then the hardware compatibility links. jerry > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: About FreeBSD hardware compatibility?
On Sun, 2009-01-18 at 23:53 -0700, Tim Judd wrote: > aaron lewis wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm a freebsd lovers , i wonna install fbsd7.1 to my laptop (IBM > > Thinkpad R400 a18). > > There's no available informations on laptop compatibility lists. So do you > > have any solutions to make a quick check if everything will work? > > I know Solaris has a Install_check tool which will give a list whether a > > hardware has solaris drivers ,third-part driver or not supported. > > Does Fbsd has something likely? > > Thk in advance! > > > > > The most reliable way to check, is by booting the livefs cd and checking > pciconf -lvvv for any none* devices. the none* devices may be given a > driver if you load a module, but what's in GENERIC on the livefs, is > what's in GENERIC when you first boot it from the hard disk. > > This is an invaluable tool when I am just curious. It's also the > invaluable tool for disaster recovery. Try the CD, and post to > -questions when you get stuck with a device that should be recognized. > > --Tim Failing that look for the unknown devices (may show like 'multimedia device', etc) when the cd boots up prior to sysinstall. Just keep your eyes peeled as the text scrolls past; its not normally too fast that you can't read it. This may not be 100% (or maybe it is...) but if it shows up those tell tale signs here you can be sure its not supported. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: About FreeBSD hardware compatibility?
aaron lewis wrote: Hi, I'm a freebsd lovers , i wonna install fbsd7.1 to my laptop (IBM Thinkpad R400 a18). There's no available informations on laptop compatibility lists. So do you have any solutions to make a quick check if everything will work? I know Solaris has a Install_check tool which will give a list whether a hardware has solaris drivers ,third-part driver or not supported. Does Fbsd has something likely? Thk in advance! The most reliable way to check, is by booting the livefs cd and checking pciconf -lvvv for any none* devices. the none* devices may be given a driver if you load a module, but what's in GENERIC on the livefs, is what's in GENERIC when you first boot it from the hard disk. This is an invaluable tool when I am just curious. It's also the invaluable tool for disaster recovery. Try the CD, and post to -questions when you get stuck with a device that should be recognized. --Tim ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
About FreeBSD hardware compatibility?
Hi, I'm a freebsd lovers , i wonna install fbsd7.1 to my laptop (IBM Thinkpad R400 a18). There's no available informations on laptop compatibility lists. So do you have any solutions to make a quick check if everything will work? I know Solaris has a Install_check tool which will give a list whether a hardware has solaris drivers ,third-part driver or not supported. Does Fbsd has something likely? Thk in advance! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
hardware compatibility question: intel e7200 + foxconn g31mg-s mobo
After having been burned with an AMD cpu/mobo combination that wouldn't run 6.x reliabably which I consequently had to sell, I'm going to ask first. My search of the archives (questions and hardware) came up empty, but that seems likely given that both say their archive index was last updated clear back in Feb of 2007, despite the note saying they are updated every 24 hours... Can anyone vouch for running 6.x or 7.0 on an intel e7200 with a foxconn g31mg-s mobo? I was hoping to run this as a low power system but after reading this http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=18410+20569+/usr/local/www/db/text/2008/freebsd-hardware/20080727.freebsd-hardware and my past experiences I'm a bit concerned unless someone can vouch for it. Barring that, can someone suggest a low power (particularly when idle) core 2 duo processor mobo combination? Thanks, Gary ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Hardware compatibility question
Eric Crist wrote: On Jan 3, 2008, at 12:29 PM, Darryl Hoar wrote: Greetings, I am looking at buying a used Dell PowerEdge 2650. It has (2) Xeon 2.8Ghz with 512kb cache 6 GB ECC Ram (5) 36 GB 10k SCSI hard drives Perc/3 raid controller. dual 10/100/1000 ethernet dual power supplies. will I have any problem using Freebsd on this hardware ? Going to be LAMP server. thanks, Darryl If you're putting FreeBSD on it, I don't think it qualifies as a LAMP server... - Eric F Crist Secure Computing Networks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" An FAMP Server perhaps ? :) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Hardware compatibility question
On Jan 3, 2008, at 12:29 PM, Darryl Hoar wrote: Greetings, I am looking at buying a used Dell PowerEdge 2650. It has (2) Xeon 2.8Ghz with 512kb cache 6 GB ECC Ram (5) 36 GB 10k SCSI hard drives Perc/3 raid controller. dual 10/100/1000 ethernet dual power supplies. will I have any problem using Freebsd on this hardware ? Going to be LAMP server. thanks, Darryl If you're putting FreeBSD on it, I don't think it qualifies as a LAMP server... - Eric F Crist Secure Computing Networks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Hardware compatibility question
On Thu, Jan 03, 2008 at 12:29:44PM -0600, Darryl Hoar wrote: > Greetings, > I am looking at buying a used Dell PowerEdge 2650. It has > (2) Xeon 2.8Ghz with 512kb cache > 6 GB ECC Ram > (5) 36 GB 10k SCSI hard drives > Perc/3 raid controller. > dual 10/100/1000 ethernet > dual power supplies. > > will I have any problem using Freebsd on this hardware ? No. Not if the hardware is working properly. I would prefer larger and faster hard drives. jerry > Going to be LAMP server. > > thanks, > Darryl > > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Hardware compatibility question
Greetings, I am looking at buying a used Dell PowerEdge 2650. It has (2) Xeon 2.8Ghz with 512kb cache 6 GB ECC Ram (5) 36 GB 10k SCSI hard drives Perc/3 raid controller. dual 10/100/1000 ethernet dual power supplies. will I have any problem using Freebsd on this hardware ? Going to be LAMP server. thanks, Darryl ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: RFC: Free Software Hardware Compatibility - Centralised DB
On Fri, 2004-06-11 at 09:03, Joel Rees wrote: > > ... > > ASSUMPTION: > > ... > > We assume that it is in the best interests of each Free Software > > Unix-like operating system distribution, each kernel (eg. Linux, *BSD, > > HURD) and in the best interests of the end users, to have a > > centralised/ > > unified location for hardware information. > > ... > > I'm not sure that centralization is a valid assumption in the open > source community. The centralization is so that manufacturers have a single point of contact to submit their own hardware information to, however much or little that might be. > ...is that individuals and > companies who have hardware to donate ... This project has _nothing_ to do with donating hardware. It is about a Hardware Information Database. Hope that's clear to all Zenaan ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: RFC: Free Software Hardware Compatibility - Centralised DB
(Apologies in advance --) On 2004.6.11, at 06:31 AM, Zenaan Harkness wrote: PLEASE NOTE: * Please do not reply-all Sorry, when you break the rules, the rules are broken. However, ... ASSUMPTION: ... We assume that it is in the best interests of each Free Software Unix-like operating system distribution, each kernel (eg. Linux, *BSD, HURD) and in the best interests of the end users, to have a centralised/ unified location for hardware information. ... I'm not sure that centralization is a valid assumption in the open source community. Getting hardware is only half the battle. I think that what the members of the open source community would prefer is that individuals and companies who have hardware to donate would be aware of (1) what projects they want or need to support and (2) where the hardware they have to donate can best be used. (It's a free market, we just use a different currency, so to speak.) That said, I suspect that, if a company or individual has hardware to donate and is not sure where it should go, a broadcast troll like this might actually be appropriate. (Which is why I'm even further breaking protocol here.) -- Joel Rees Opinions are like armpits. We all have two, and they all smell, but we really don't want the other guy to get rid of his. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RFC: Free Software Hardware Compatibility - Centralised DB
PLEASE NOTE: * Please do not reply-all (this is essentially an announcement and request for comments. For further discussion, please advise that you wish to be added to the soon-to-be-created mailing list (I'm still looking for an appropriate site to host this)). * Please forward this as appropriate (namely to those involved in hardware compatibility, certification, driver development, and/ or manufacture, as it relates to our free software community). ASSUMPTION: We in the free software community wish to have better and more up to date hardware identification and support. We assume that it is in the best interests of each Free Software Unix-like operating system distribution, each kernel (eg. Linux, *BSD, HURD) and in the best interests of the end users, to have a centralised/ unified location for hardware information. First and foremost though, it is in the best interests of the manufacturers - to simplify their job: For Microsoft, they have a single point of contact. Contrast this with the numerous HCLs, hardware sites (such as www.linux1394.org and linuxprinting.org), kernels and distributions, such as Debian, Red Hat, FreeBSD and a myriad of others. As a manufacturer, it is simply impossible to (generally) go anywhere near supporting all these free software projects. And so it is in the best interests of each of us individually, and collectively, if we can simplify the job of the manufacturer. As a manufacturer of a widget, if I have a single, commonly known place to go to provide technical and contact information, as much or as little as I desire (even perhaps just bus IDs and product names), then I might actually do so. We, as a community, might just have a hope of keeping up to date as compared with the proprietary os's out there, namely MSW*. - So, I hereby propose such a database be established. I am willing to contribute some of my own time and effort to doing so. This database and surrounding facilities will be os-, vendor-, distribution- and kernel- neutral, and will thereby attract many otherwise disparate parties, such as the BSDs and the GNU/Linux distros. If you and/ or your company is interested in supporting this effort, by way of working together on this project to unify HCLs, device and driver information or the like, then please reply to me and let me know that you would like to be added to the soon-to-be-created mailing list. If your organization can actively devote even some small resources to the project, that is obviously very much appreciated. - Once the database and submission facilities are minimally established, I propose that relevant parties widely advertise/ promote the fact to manufacturers (and users and developers too), that this database is the preferred and centralized means of submission of such information. The plan is to integrate seamlessly with existing Distribution-specific HCLs and due to the centralization provide and richer facility than is otherwise possible today. Thank you in advance, and regards to all, Zenaan ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: FW: freebsd 3.5 Hardware compatibility
On Wed, Mar 31, 2004 at 12:01:27PM -0500, Dwight Spence wrote: > > Also what is the compatibility with FreeBSD 3.5 and the following CD-ROM devices: Ah -- archaic CD Rom devices. That explains the interest in the old version of the OS. > Matsushita/Panasonic/Creative CD-ROM http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=matcd&sektion=4&apropos=0&manpath=FreeBSD+3.5.1-RELEASE > Mitsumi CD-ROM http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mcd&sektion=4&apropos=0&manpath=FreeBSD+3.5.1-RELEASE > Sony CD-ROM http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=scd&sektion=4&apropos=0&manpath=FreeBSD+3.5.1-RELEASE Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: freebsd 3.5 Hardware compatibility
On Wed, Mar 31, 2004 at 10:23:39AM -0500, Dwight Spence wrote: > Could you provide me some information if FreeBSD 3.5 will run on a PC? > > Intel (R) Pentium > ® $CPU 2.40 GHZ > AT/AT Compatible > > 1,048,048 KB RAM That's not nearly detailed enough information. You should compare the disk controllers, motherboard chipsets, ethernet interfaces and other devices against the supported hardware lists in the Release Notes: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/3.5R/notes.html -- cross reference the driver information against the 3.5-RELEASE man pages, which often have more detailed information: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+3.5.1-RELEASE&format=html Although quite why you would want to install such an old and unmaintained release of FreeBSD on what is clearly quite a new machine, I don't know. You're a lot more likely to get good results if you install 4.9-RELEASE, or maybe 5.2.1-RELEASE if this isn't for a critical system. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
FW: freebsd 3.5 Hardware compatibility
Also what is the compatibility with FreeBSD 3.5 and the following CD-ROM devices: Matsushita/Panasonic/Creative CD-ROM Mitsumi CD-ROM Sony CD-ROM Thank you DS -Original Message- From: Dwight Spence Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 7:24 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: freebsd 3.5 Hardware compatibility Could you provide me some information if FreeBSD 3.5 will run on a PC? Intel (R) Pentium ® $CPU 2.40 GHZ AT/AT Compatible 1,048,048 KB RAM ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
freebsd 3.5 Hardware compatibility
Could you provide me some information if FreeBSD 3.5 will run on a PC? Intel (R) Pentium ® $CPU 2.40 GHZ AT/AT Compatible 1,048,048 KB RAM ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
hardware compatibility
hi, i have a intel875 motherboard,and sata raid drives(serial hardware raid). plz tell me wheather i can configure this in freebsd 5.2.1(i386). thanks & regards Ritwik Das. - Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Hardware Compatibility List
> Dear Project People: > Last Spring I purchased the BSD Mall software FreeBSD 5.0 from a local > computer store. I would like to determine what hardware is compatible with > this OS. Is there a set of 'White Papers', or a Hardware Compatibility List > that can be viewed in updated form periodically? Are there different lists > or papers for different sub-version? In other words, does 5.1 have a > different list or papers than 5.0? What difference would NetBSD or OpenBSD > have in terms of compatibility? 5.0: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.0R/hardware.html 5.1: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.1R/hardware.html -CURRENT: http://www.freebsd.org/relnotes/CURRENT/hardware/ Amazing what a little poking around on the website will turn up. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Hardware Compatibility List
Dear Project People: Last Spring I purchased the BSD Mall software FreeBSD 5.0 from a local computer store. I would like to determine what hardware is compatible with this OS. Is there a set of 'White Papers', or a Hardware Compatibility List that can be viewed in updated form periodically? Are there different lists or papers for different sub-version? In other words, does 5.1 have a different list or papers than 5.0? What difference would NetBSD or OpenBSD have in terms of compatibility? Sincerely, Frank _ Make your home warm and cozy this winter with tips from MSN House & Home. http://special.msn.com/home/warmhome.armx ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
