From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 4 15:24:13 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 472A11065672 for ; Wed, 4 Nov 2009 15:24:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Albert.Shih@obspm.fr) Received: from smtp-int-m.obspm.fr (smtp-int-m.obspm.fr [145.238.187.15]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB4428FC13 for ; Wed, 4 Nov 2009 15:24:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from obspm.fr (pcjas.obspm.fr [145.238.184.233]) by smtp-int-m.obspm.fr (8.13.8/8.13.8/SIO Observatoire de Paris - 07/2009) with ESMTP id nA4FO7mF009495 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Wed, 4 Nov 2009 16:24:08 +0100 Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 16:24:07 +0100 From: Albert Shih To: Matt Szubrycht Message-ID: <20091104152407.GG2395@obspm.fr> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Miltered: at smtp-int-m.obspm.fr with ID 4AF19C97.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http : // j-chkmail dot ensmp dot fr)! X-j-chkmail-Enveloppe: 4AF19C97.000/145.238.184.233/pcjas.obspm.fr/obspm.fr/ X-j-chkmail-Score: MSGID : 4AF19C97.000 on smtp-int-m.obspm.fr : j-chkmail score : . : R=. U=. O=. B=0.008 -> S=0.008 X-j-chkmail-Status: Ham Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 7.x on Dell R900? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:24:13 -0000 Le 03/11/2009 à 16:39:25-0800, Matt Szubrycht a écrit > Hello List, > > I cannot find any fresh information on compatibility of Dell PowerEdge > R900 and FreeBSD after googling for several hours, so I decided to ask > here. If this is not the right place, please redirect me to. > > All of our servers run FreeBSD with one exception - a CentOS machine, > which adds to the overall maintenance workload and keeping up to date. > Back in the day, after getting the R900 (without prior OS > compatibility research), the word was that FreeBSD will not run on > this hardware and we ended up installing CentOS. That was well over a > year ago and I am wondering if anyone could share some insight into > the current compatibility status, installation/operation pitfalls and > any other tips that would allow me to get away from Linux on this R900 > box and create a homogeneous server-space environment with FreeBSD 7.x. Can you specify what don't work ? What's the problem. Regards. -- Albert SHIH SIO batiment 15 Observatoire de Paris Meudon 5 Place Jules Janssen 92195 Meudon Cedex Téléphone : 01 45 07 76 26/06 86 69 95 71 Heure local/Local time: Mer 4 nov 2009 16:23:57 CET