From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Mar 30 14:34: 5 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from www1.asacomputers.com (gw2-net192.asacomputers.com [204.153.176.244]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A226A37C275 for ; Thu, 30 Mar 2000 14:33:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kedar@asacomputers.com) Received: from kedar (kedar.asacomputers.com [204.153.176.86]) by www1.asacomputers.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id OAA09639; Thu, 30 Mar 2000 14:57:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kedar@asacomputers.com) Message-Id: <4.1.20000330143019.0211e1d0@asacomputers.com> X-Sender: rajadnya@asacomputers.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 14:33:37 -0800 To: Ron Rosson , freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG From: Kedar Rajadnya Subject: Re: Motherboards for 2u Rack mounts In-Reply-To: <20000330135141.A89018@lunatic.oneinsane.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Try to get boards with as much on board stuff as possible. You get 2 PCI slots open at the most in 2U cases. Intel L440GX+ is a good choice. The Tyan 1836 and the Asus P2B-LS need a PCI VGA card. Kedar. At 01:51 PM 3/30/00 -0800, Ron 'The InSaNe One' Rosson wrote: >Well I got my dream come true... I have been assigned to build some >servers based on server based motherboards. (sounds kinda corny). These >servers are going to be housed in 2u rack mount cases. Since I have >never had the luxury or the funding to accomplish this in the past I >never looked at the hardware. Now I am looking and I feel totally >unprepared on what is the best and best supported motherbaord to chose >to put these into service with FreeBSD. > >TIA >-- >------------------------------------------------------------------- >Ron Rosson ... and a UNIX user said ... >The InSaNe One rm -rf * >insane@oneinsane.net and all was /dev/null and *void() >------------------------------------------------------------------- >There are very few personal problems that cannot be solved through a >suitable application of high explosives. > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message Take care, Kedar Rajadnya, . ASA Computers, Inc. 2354 Calle Del Mundo. Santa Clara, CA 95054. Tel: (408)654-2901 ext201 Cell: Toll Free: (877)538-1272 Fax: (408)654-2910 ************************************************************ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message