Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 15:17:26 -0600 From: "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com> To: moliveri@uti.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Dell PowerEdge 2500 Message-ID: <200402161517.26889.algould@datawok.com> In-Reply-To: <4007.204.248.53.43.1076961887.squirrel@www.uti.com> References: <4007.204.248.53.43.1076961887.squirrel@www.uti.com>
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On Monday 16 February 2004 02:04 pm, moliveri@uti.com wrote: > Anyone have any experience installing FreeBSD on a Dell PowerEdge server? > 2500 or any other? I'm looking at having to do so and, having not done it > before, I'm just wondering if there are any gotchas I should be aware of > or if I have to use their OpenManage CDs or something. > > Take care, > Mike The server I have at work is a Dell PowerEdge. I think the specific model is 1400SC; but my memory could be faulty. It's on the other side of Texas, so I can't see the case right now. The server came with a small, bootable dos partition at the beginning of the scsi hard drive that has certain utilities. Since I was new to FreeBSD at the time; I left the dos partition in place. The Dell CD's were put in a drawer.....somewhere. I've never used them. FreeBSD installed easily and has performed flawlessly. I don't remember what version I installed back in 2001; but the server has remained on the STABLE track via cvsup and 'make world'. The server houses PostgreSQL databases used for clinical analysis and acts as a SAMBA server for the analysts. I've replaced the IDE CDROM with a Sony DVD RW DRU-500A to burn gzipped pg_dump files to DVD-R. Dealing with the server's screwless case drove me nuts. The DRU-500A's went on clearance -- good price for excellent hardware, if you can still find one. My only advice is the same for all computers: Max out the RAM while it's relatively inexpensive. Happy serving, Andrew Gould
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