Which install ?

2009-03-09 Thread Darryl Hoar
Greetings, I just purchased an older rack mounted supermicro server. It is running CentOS, but I want to install Freebsd on it. The server has (2) Xeon processors. Which download should I use ? i386 ??? Thanks, Darryl ___

Re: Which install ?

2009-03-09 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 11:25:06AM -0500, Darryl Hoar wrote: Greetings, I just purchased an older rack mounted supermicro server. It is running CentOS, but I want to install Freebsd on it. The server has (2) Xeon processors. Which download should I use ? i386 ??? If it is an older server

Re: Which install ?

2009-03-09 Thread Michael Powell
Erik Trulsson wrote: On Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 11:25:06AM -0500, Darryl Hoar wrote: Greetings, I just purchased an older rack mounted supermicro server. It is running CentOS, but I want to install Freebsd on it. The server has (2) Xeon processors. Which download should I use ? i386 ???

Re: Which install ?

2009-03-09 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 02:15:25PM -0400, Michael Powell wrote: Erik Trulsson wrote: On Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 11:25:06AM -0500, Darryl Hoar wrote: Greetings, I just purchased an older rack mounted supermicro server. It is running CentOS, but I want to install Freebsd on it. The server

RE: Which install ?

2009-03-09 Thread Darryl Hoar
To: Michael Powell Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which install ? On Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 02:15:25PM -0400, Michael Powell wrote: Erik Trulsson wrote: On Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 11:25:06AM -0500, Darryl Hoar wrote: Greetings, I just purchased an older rack mounted supermicro

Re: Which install ?

2009-03-09 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Darryl Hoar wrote: From this, I believe I should install the i386 version of Freebsd. Do I have to do anything to enable multi-processors in Freebsd ? AFAIK you need apic and smp options in your kernel config; of course, the good news is that 7.0 and up have this enabled by default. Kevin

RE: Which install ?

2009-03-09 Thread Michael Powell
Darryl Hoar wrote: [snip] After looking at the referenced wiki and my system, I believe I have a supermicro SuperServer 6012L-6. It has (2) Xeon 512K L2 Prestonia processors. They are Installed in a P4DLR+ motherboard which has 603 pin sockets. From this, I believe I should install