Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 15:31:23 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Hpyrep <hpyrep@foxinternet.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hardware and FreeBSD Message-ID: <19990207153123.D86778@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <000701be5258$2b652080$0d78fea9@hpyrep>; from Hpyrep on Sat, Feb 06, 1999 at 09:10:23PM -0800 References: <000701be5258$2b652080$0d78fea9@hpyrep>
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On Saturday, 6 February 1999 at 21:10:23 -0800, Hpyrep wrote: > Hi all, > > Getting ready to build a server and need to know if I can use > FreeBSD as the OS. It would be nice to know what you want to serve. > I've added the server hardware configuration below, if you would let > me know if this will work. > > CPU, motherboard & case (N440BX-BX): > Dual Intel PentiumII 450MHz with MMX, Full Tower Server case > Operating System: > FreeBSD To take advantage of both processors, you'd need FreeBSD 3.0 or better. 3.1 will be released in a couple of weeks; I'd recommend that. > Memory: > 128 MB 100MHz SD-RAM ECC 16x72 (x 4) Depending on what you're serving, this might be a little light for the CPUs. > Storage Options: > 6.5 GB Seagate Ultra SCSI (x 4) > Adaptec PCI UltraWide SCSI controller > UltraWide SCSI cable > Mylex AccellerRAID (200 or 250) Is this a SCSI-SCSI controller or a bus-connected RAID controller? If it's the latter, we don't support it. > Video: > 2 MB PCI Trio 64-bit with MPEG support You don't normally need MPEG support on a server. Are you planning anything special? > Keyboard & mouse: > Premium Windows 98 Keyboard Not a keyboard I would recommend. But it'll work. > CD/DVD ROM 32x EIDE > Audio: None > Modem: > DSL modem and NIC (1-2 512kb connections) This should work fine with FreeBSD. I can't make any statement about performance because I don't know what you're planning to do with it. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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