mike shlitz wrote:
> I recently acquired (gratis) a Compaq ProLiant DL
> 590/64 Quad Itanium (Merced) server.
Congratulations! Better you than me. :-)
> Reviewing HP/Compaq's forums I don't see much mention
> of the 590/64, which tells me it is either (A.) a
> hefty paperweight, or (B.) pretty
On Jan 30, 2007, at 10:42, mike shlitz wrote:
I see FreeBSD has a
port for IA64, or maybe FC-6 (64bit)?
Neat toy. :) If you can get CentOS running on it, it's hard to go
wrong there.
The NetBSD freaks (I say that lovingly) make sure that every piece of
hardware that can power up can get
On 1/30/07, mike shlitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi All,
I recently acquired (gratis) a Compaq ProLiant DL
590/64 Quad Itanium (Merced) server. It has a (4)
SCSI drive capacity (hot swap). 7U form factor. 1 GB
RAM (64 GB capable).
I'm jealous :) I'm a hardware whore and love messing ar
On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 07:42:54AM -0800, mike shlitz wrote:
> Best choice for *NIX OS for this machine? I have
> CentOS running well on my old DEC Alpha. Ubuntu
> running smoothly on some iMac's, I see FreeBSD has a
> port for IA64, or maybe FC-6 (64bit)? The last time I
> heard someone say "I
Hi All,
I recently acquired (gratis) a Compaq ProLiant DL
590/64 Quad Itanium (Merced) server. It has a (4)
SCSI drive capacity (hot swap). 7U form factor. 1 GB
RAM (64 GB capable).
This will be used at home for my tinkering and
enjoyment. I have (4) brand new Seagate SCSI drives I
can use, (
