Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 22:36:04 -0500 (CDT) From: "Valeri Galtsev" <galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu> To: "Phil" <phil@philseymour.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unclear which version I should D/L... Message-ID: <64771.76.192.184.214.1414380964.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: <09CA2683-2A07-4E8D-877B-3240951FEBE8@philseymour.net> References: <09CA2683-2A07-4E8D-877B-3240951FEBE8@philseymour.net>
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On Sun, October 26, 2014 8:34 pm, Phil wrote: > My apologies for raising what must appear to be a very basic question, but > I am attempting to crawl out of the clutches of Microsoft and have little > to no experience outside of the Windows domain. > Having carefully looked at the vast array of Linux and Unix distro’s > available, I am keen to install FreeBSD on a Sun Microsystems box that I > recently obtained through Ebay. The machine has dual x86 processors (AMD) > and 32 Gb RAM. The boot disks are SCSI Ultra 320’s. The machine model will definitely help. Knowing Sun, I would say, you most likely have AMD Opteron CPUs (they will rather unlikely pack 32 bit machine with amount of RAM the CPU will not be able to address as a whole). So, the best bet would be FreeBSD 10.0 (or 9.3) release. Good luck! I like your choice of OS, I myself fleeing my server away from Linux to FreeBSD during last 2 or 3 years. Valeri > I have looked at your download mirror sites but am a little confused as to > which version I should be getting. > Any help would greatly appreciated. Thank you. > Phil. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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