Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 09:09:55 +1100 (EDT) From: Andrew MacIntyre <andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au> To: "Laurence Morell, MIS Coordinator" <nchcvt@sover.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HP Netserver Message-ID: <Pine.OS2.3.95.981008090739.59C-100000@CENTRAL> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OS2.3.95.981008085445.59A-100000@CENTRAL>
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On Tue, 6 Oct 1998, Laurence Morell, MIS Coordinator wrote:
> Our HR dept. has offered to donate an HP Netserver/66 LC for use as a
> central SMTP
> server for the corporation. We've been considering FreeBSD; however
> according
> to several FAQ items, there are some problems related to the built in
> SCSI adapter
> as well as with using a `dangerously' dedicated hard drive. Are these
> issues still
> viewed as problematic; should we graciously refuse the offer ?
Can't comment on the LC, but I have an LM/60 (uniproc, ISA/EISA only)
running 2.2.7 just fine. Even have 4 of the 5 drives in a ccd. Not using
"dangerously dedicated" disks but would be surprised if that would have
been a problem.
The gotcha is with their PCI/EISA systems, where the SCSI is on the EISA
bus. There is a documented boot configuration setting for dealing
with this during install, and a kernel config option for permanent
operation.
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