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Date:      Tue, 19 Sep 2006 15:40:57 -0300 (ADT)
From:      "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@freebsd.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: freeBSD certified server hardware ?
Message-ID:  <20060919154025.H1031@ganymede.hub.org>
In-Reply-To: <20060918131831.6F50.GERARD@seibercom.net>
References:  <226ae0c60609180856j1174081cn5510aa94403f139@mail.gmail.com> <20060918131831.6F50.GERARD@seibercom.net>

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On Mon, 18 Sep 2006, Gerard Seibert wrote:

> David Robillard wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>> What I suggest you do is have one of the sales rep set you up with a
>> test machine. The easiest way to do so is to go at their offices with
>> a FreeBSD install disk and try to boot/install it on the hardware
>> you're interested in. That's what I do with HP, Sun and IBM (IMHO, try
>> to avoid Dell).
>
> [...]
>
> Dell is, or at least they were, supplying PCs with FBSD installed.
> Personally, I have had FBSD installed on Dell, IBM and HP, with HP
> causing the most problems. IBM and Dell have worked for the most part
> quite nicely.

I'm up to 3 HP servers right now, and nary a problem with any of them ... 
probably the best servers I've picked up yet ... everything 'just worked' 
...


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