From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 12 01:44:53 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2F46106568B for ; Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:44:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com) Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com (cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com [75.180.132.122]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 641708FC0A for ; Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:44:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([10.127.143.52]) by cdptpa-qmta01.mail.rr.com with ESMTP id <20100112013129905.WPNB16905@cdptpa-qmta01.mail.rr.com> for ; Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:31:29 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=6I5d2MoRAAAA:8 a=itVrKB2XG0UfzXXN2_oA:9 a=uKnG9PXvExcL3SnBUz0A:7 a=_W2K1IMK2WLSigQHx5MUG6wTZMcA:4 a=SV7veod9ZcQA:10 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Originating-IP: 76.184.157.127 Received: from [76.184.157.127] ([76.184.157.127:54494] helo=[10.0.0.3]) by cdptpa-oedge02.mail.rr.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.2.39 r()) with ESMTP id A3/26-19471-3B0DB4B4; Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:30:27 +0000 Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:30:28 -0600 From: Paul Schmehl To: Gavin Atkinson , Sam Wun Message-ID: <3909AEA610D981D9C08188FA@Macintosh-2.local> In-Reply-To: References: <736c47cb1001102049v71757b78oe954fd39f9d03118@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.8 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: freebsd for Sun Fire X4250 X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Paul Schmehl List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:44:53 -0000 We have a SunFire 420 running amd64 FreeBSD release 7.2. I doubt you will have a problem. --On January 11, 2010 5:05:04 PM -0600 Gavin Atkinson wrote: > > On Mon, 11 Jan 2010, Sam Wun wrote: >> This server is built with Xeon cpu processor, Intel based. >> Can FreeBSD 8+ fully compatible with this server like those ordinary >> Intel i386 machine? > > Although it's hard to say (the Sun website doesn't really give enough spec > details), I'd be surprised if it doesn't work. FreeBSD runs very nicely > on every Intel- and amd64-based Sun machine I've tried it on. > > You'll almost certainly want to use the FreeBSD amd64 release rather than > i386, and I'd probably recommend 8.0-RELEASE, although 7.2 should work > fine. > > By the way, this is the wrong list for questions like this: if you have > any others, you're probably best off directing them to > freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org > > Gavin > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Paul Schmehl, If it isn't already obvious, my opinions are my own and not those of my employer. ****************************************** WARNING: Check the headers before replying