Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:06:34 -0600 From: Jack Barnett <jackbarnett@gmail.com> To: David Rawling <djr@pdconsec.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: atom based servers Message-ID: <4AFCF76A.2020100@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <BFDFFE175893404B8BC865EE888E83B80122C4@pd-exbe.pdconsec.local> References: <4AFB3A2A.4040303@brianwhalen.net> <BFDFFE175893404B8BC865EE888E83B80122C4@pd-exbe.pdconsec.local>
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Curious, how did you get it installed? My motherboard doesn't have an IDE port (so, no IDE CD-ROM) and don't think booting from USB-CDROM is supported Booting from USB Flash drive works? David Rawling wrote: > -----Original Message----- > >> From: Brian Whalen >> Sent: Thu 12/11/2009 9:26 AM >> >> I see supermicro and potentially others have atom servers available, >> anyone tried these on freebsd with success? >> >> Brian >> > > Hi Brian > > Indeed, I have a FreeBSD 8.0RC1 system running as my primary time > server for the home network. Since it's an Atom 330, it fully > supports 64-bit mode (an opportunity I have grasped with both hands). > > The board I happen to be using is an Intel DG945GCLF2 - a clone > board with just 1 DIMM slot and two SATA ports. Everything I need > to have supported Just Worked out of the box. > > The server itself is running at a very low load level: > > timeserver ~ 15> uptime > 1:00PM up 6 days, 12:38, 1 user, load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 > > I can provide the output of most any other commands if you'd like > to see anything specific. I rather suspect that the Supermicro and > other server-class Atoms will still be using the Intel 945 or > similar chipsets. > > Dave. > -- > David Rawling > PD Consulting And Security > Email: djr@pdconsec.net > _______________________________________________ > 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" >
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