RE: Which install ?
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 the i386 version of Freebsd. Do I > have to do anything to enable multi-processors in Freebsd ? Yes - the Prestonia is from before EMT64. Some while back FreeBSD went to having SMP enabled as default in the GENERIC kernel. I haven't looked at the 6.x series as I went to 7.0-Release when it arrived. I did take a quick look at the GENERIC conf file on a 7.1-Release box and it has SMP in there as default. On older hardware you might try both/either 6.x and/or 7.1 releases and try and see if one works better. I'd try 7.1 first as it will have a better long term upgrade path, and fall back to giving 6.x a go if 7.1 gives trouble. Most likely what you'll see is whether or not the disk controllers are properly supported. SCSI and/or IDE can give problems with boot ordering sometimes. If it doesn't hickup on the disk controller(s) everything else will most likely be fine. As old as it is there is a pretty fair chance it will be OK. -Mike ___ 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: Which install ?
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 Kinsey -- Squirrels eating squirrels, my God, that's sick. ___ 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: Which install ?
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 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 then i386 is probably the right version to use. > > The recent processors from Intel that use the 'Xeon' name also support > > amd64, but older ones did not. > > > > > > > > > > If memory serves, the first Xeon to be 64 bit was the Nocona. Xeons prior to > that were 32 bit and came in OLGA 603 sockets. In early 2001 they were 1.4 > to 1.7GHz units, and later that year the speeds ramped up. > There have been many 'Xeon' processors before that. The first ones were the > Pentium II Xeon for Slot 2 and ran at a most impressive 400 MHz. There have > been many variants after that using Slot 2, Socket 603, Socket 604, > Socket 775, Socket 771, and probably some more socket type which I have > missed. The Slot 2 and Socket 603 models do not have 64-bit support. Some > of the Socket 604 models have 64-bit support, while I believe all the Socket > 775 and Socket 771 models have 64-bit support. > See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Xeon_microprocessors for what > looks like a fairly complete list of them all, which should illustrate > fairly well why it is pretty much meaningless to just say that you have > a 'Xeon' processor. > Erik Trulsson > ertr1...@student.uu.se 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 the i386 version of Freebsd. Do I have to do anything to enable multi-processors in Freebsd ? ___ 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" No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.9/1989 - Release Date: 03/09/09 07:14:00 ___ 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: 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 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 then i386 is probably the right version to use. > > The recent processors from Intel that use the 'Xeon' name also support > > amd64, but older ones did not. > > > > > > > > > > If memory serves, the first Xeon to be 64 bit was the Nocona. Xeons prior to > that were 32 bit and came in OLGA 603 sockets. In early 2001 they were 1.4 > to 1.7GHz units, and later that year the speeds ramped up. There have been many 'Xeon' processors before that. The first ones were the Pentium II Xeon for Slot 2 and ran at a most impressive 400 MHz. There have been many variants after that using Slot 2, Socket 603, Socket 604, Socket 775, Socket 771, and probably some more socket type which I have missed. The Slot 2 and Socket 603 models do not have 64-bit support. Some of the Socket 604 models have 64-bit support, while I believe all the Socket 775 and Socket 771 models have 64-bit support. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Xeon_microprocessors for what looks like a fairly complete list of them all, which should illustrate fairly well why it is pretty much meaningless to just say that you have a 'Xeon' processor. -- Erik Trulsson ertr1...@student.uu.se ___ 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: Which install ?
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 >> ??? >> > > If it is an older server then i386 is probably the right version to use. > The recent processors from Intel that use the 'Xeon' name also support > amd64, but older ones did not. > > > > If memory serves, the first Xeon to be 64 bit was the Nocona. Xeons prior to that were 32 bit and came in OLGA 603 sockets. In early 2001 they were 1.4 to 1.7GHz units, and later that year the speeds ramped up. At any rate, dmesg works the same way in CentOS so you can use it to easily make a more accurate determination. It will be near the top so do dmesg | more, or dmesg | less so it will page. It will be among some of the earliest output. -Mike ___ 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: Which install ?
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 then i386 is probably the right version to use. The recent processors from Intel that use the 'Xeon' name also support amd64, but older ones did not. -- Erik Trulsson ertr1...@student.uu.se ___ 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"
