Re: I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server; recommendations?

2006-07-23 Thread snacktime
On 6/17/06, Dan Bikle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Anish, Thanks this is good info. I'll be using this server for development of a Ruby on Rails. Currently I do development on a Mac. My production server is running freeBSD 5.3 I want a development environment which is closer to production than

Re: I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server; recommendations?

2006-07-22 Thread Dan Bikle
Yes, this is good info. I see this on my box: bash moibsd root /usr/bin 15 # pciconf -l [EMAIL PROTECTED]:0:0:class=0x06 card=0x2a31103c chip=0x5a331002 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:1:0: class=0x060400 card=0x00b0 chip=0x5a3f1002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x01 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:17:0:

Re: I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server; recommendations?

2006-07-22 Thread Jonathan Horne
On Saturday 22 July 2006 15:30, Dan Bikle wrote: > I looked at dmesg output and saw nothing about the grapics card. > > How might I get info about my graphics card? > > Thanks, > -Dan you might try: pciconf -vl mine shows this about my ages-old ati card: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:0:0: class=0x03 c

Re: I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server; recommendations?

2006-07-22 Thread Nikolas Britton
On 7/22/06, Dan Bikle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Well, it turns out that ordering a computer from Walmart was a mistake. They sent me the wrong computer. I don't understand why. The item listed in my online order was clearly different than the item printed on the packing list attached to the

Re: I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server; recommendations?

2006-07-22 Thread Dan Bikle
Well, it turns out that ordering a computer from Walmart was a mistake. They sent me the wrong computer. I don't understand why. The item listed in my online order was clearly different than the item printed on the packing list attached to the shipping box. Perhaps they have a literacy proble

Re: I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server; recommendations?

2006-06-19 Thread Alex Zbyslaw
Nikolas Britton wrote: On 2006-06-19 06:04, Danial Thom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd say that a $55. celeron on Freebsd 4.11 would be just as fast as a > Sempron an 5.3, so why not save some money and get something that > everyone knows is "production ready"? I'm not so sure. It would t

Re: I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server; recommendations?

2006-06-19 Thread Nikolas Britton
On 6/19/06, Giorgos Keramidas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 2006-06-19 06:04, Danial Thom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >--- Giorgos Keramidas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>On 2006-06-19 12:33, Erik Trulsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The 5.3 release was clearly marked as a "developer preview"

Re: I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server; recommendations?

2006-06-19 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2006-06-19 06:04, Danial Thom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >--- Giorgos Keramidas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>On 2006-06-19 12:33, Erik Trulsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The 5.3 release was clearly marked as a "developer preview" release >>> >>> No, it was not. 5.3 was a perfectly o

Re: I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server; recommendations?

2006-06-19 Thread Danial Thom
--- Giorgos Keramidas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2006-06-19 12:33, Erik Trulsson > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 01:11:38PM +0300, > Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > >>On 2006-06-17 11:29, Dan Bikle > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> Anish, > >>> > >>> Thanks this is good

Re: I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server; recommendations?

2006-06-19 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2006-06-19 12:33, Erik Trulsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 01:11:38PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >>On 2006-06-17 11:29, Dan Bikle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Anish, >>> >>> Thanks this is good info. >>> >>> I'll be using this server for development of a Ruby on R

Re: I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server; recommendations?

2006-06-19 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 01:11:38PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2006-06-17 11:29, Dan Bikle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Anish, > > > > Thanks this is good info. > > > > I'll be using this server for development of a Ruby on Rails. > > > > Currently I do development on a Mac. > > > > My p

Re: I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server; recommendations?

2006-06-19 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2006-06-17 11:29, Dan Bikle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anish, > > Thanks this is good info. > > I'll be using this server for development of a Ruby on Rails. > > Currently I do development on a Mac. > > My production server is running freeBSD 5.3 You shouldn't be running a production server w

Re: I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server; recommendations?

2006-06-18 Thread Chris Hill
On Sun, 18 Jun 2006, Dan Bikle wrote: http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=3762910 [...] It is so cheap I'm tempted to buy it and take the risk that I could install a recent version of FreeBSD on it. [...] Would you gamble $368 that you could get FreeBSD installed on this

Re: I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server; recommendations?

2006-06-18 Thread Dan Bikle
Well folks, I did a bit more looking around. I found this: http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=3762910 specs: CPU: AMD Sempron 3000+ It is so cheap I'm tempted to buy it and take the risk that I could install a recent version of FreeBSD on it. Since it comes with Linux instal

Re: I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server; recommendations?

2006-06-17 Thread Dan Bikle
Thanks! I worked with the links you sent me. For desktop systems I narrowed the list to these offerings: http://www.asaservers.com/config.asp?config_id=ASA%5FPC5 http://www.storeanywhere.com/pages/html/products/st.product_info.php?cPath=53&products_id=143 http://eracks.com/products/Desktops -Da

Re: I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server; recommendations?

2006-06-17 Thread Nikolas Britton
On 6/17/06, Dan Bikle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server. Do you have any recommendations for some vendors? I could go buy some commodity hardware and do the install myself but I seem to have bad luck with hands-on type tasks. I'm not picky about CPU; Intel or

Re: I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server; recommendations?

2006-06-17 Thread Dan Bikle
Anish, Thanks this is good info. I'll be using this server for development of a Ruby on Rails. Currently I do development on a Mac. My production server is running freeBSD 5.3 I want a development environment which is closer to production than my Mac is. -Dan On 6/17/06, Anish Mistry <[EM

Re: I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server; recommendations?

2006-06-17 Thread Anish Mistry
On Saturday 17 June 2006 13:50, Dan Bikle wrote: > Hi, > > I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server. You probably don't want 5.3 as it will be EOL'd in a few months. For any new installs you should be using 6.1. > Do you have any recommendations for some vendors? > > I could go buy some commodity har

I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server; recommendations?

2006-06-17 Thread Dan Bikle
Hi, I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server. Do you have any recommendations for some vendors? I could go buy some commodity hardware and do the install myself but I seem to have bad luck with hands-on type tasks. I'm not picky about CPU; Intel or AMD is fine. Anything over 1.5 GHZ should do it.