Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 11:19:32 -0500 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> To: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> Cc: UNIX - Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: PowerEdgeTM 1950 Message-ID: <20061118111932.c043215c.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> In-Reply-To: <8289B626D72650D4AD7B35B3@paul-schmehls-powerbook59.local> References: <455ED90E.10400@unixware.ro> <8289B626D72650D4AD7B35B3@paul-schmehls-powerbook59.local>
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On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 10:08:03 -0600 Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> wrote: > --On November 18, 2006 11:57:34 AM +0200 ovidiu ene <ovidiue@unixware.ro> > wrote: > > > Hello guys, > > > > I want to know if Dell PowerEdge 1950 works fine on FreeBSD 6.1 i386. > > (I am interested if network cards are detected and work properly, also > > if SATA/SAS drive is detected properly. > > > There are two problems that you must overcome and they require that you > rebuild world and kernel. The network card driver has a problem, and the > usb driver has a problem. The former causes the network card to become > unusable and only a reboot will fix it. The latter prevents you from > using the DRAC card (if you ordered one with the 1950.) > > Both problems can be overcome with newer source code files, but you then > have to rebuild world and kernel. And you must save those source code > files, because you'll need them every time you have to update world or > kernel due to security patches. Another option is to wait a month or two for 6.2, which already incorporates these fixes. You can try out the 6.2-RC sets, and it will be trivial to upgrade form RC to RELEASE. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com
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