From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 19 18:42:36 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BD4C16A4AB for ; Tue, 19 Sep 2006 18:42:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scrappy@freebsd.org) Received: from hub.org (hub.org [200.46.204.220]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E6D543D95 for ; Tue, 19 Sep 2006 18:42:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scrappy@freebsd.org) Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.208.251]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2A313A465E for ; Tue, 19 Sep 2006 15:42:00 -0300 (ADT) Received: from hub.org ([200.46.204.220]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 81857-01 for ; Tue, 19 Sep 2006 15:40:57 -0300 (ADT) Received: from ganymede.hub.org (blk-137-86-60.eastlink.ca [24.137.86.60]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07C0F3A4636 for ; Tue, 19 Sep 2006 15:40:45 -0300 (ADT) Received: by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix, from userid 1027) id B00DC5C9F6; Tue, 19 Sep 2006 15:40:57 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF0D35C9ED for ; Tue, 19 Sep 2006 15:40:57 -0300 (ADT) Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 15:40:57 -0300 (ADT) From: "Marc G. Fournier" X-X-Sender: freebsd@ganymede.hub.org To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20060918131831.6F50.GERARD@seibercom.net> Message-ID: <20060919154025.H1031@ganymede.hub.org> References: <226ae0c60609180856j1174081cn5510aa94403f139@mail.gmail.com> <20060918131831.6F50.GERARD@seibercom.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Subject: Re: freeBSD certified server hardware ? 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: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 18:42:36 -0000 On Mon, 18 Sep 2006, Gerard Seibert wrote: > David Robillard wrote: > > [...] > >> What I suggest you do is have one of the sales rep set you up with a >> test machine. The easiest way to do so is to go at their offices with >> a FreeBSD install disk and try to boot/install it on the hardware >> you're interested in. That's what I do with HP, Sun and IBM (IMHO, try >> to avoid Dell). > > [...] > > Dell is, or at least they were, supplying PCs with FBSD installed. > Personally, I have had FBSD installed on Dell, IBM and HP, with HP > causing the most problems. IBM and Dell have worked for the most part > quite nicely. I'm up to 3 HP servers right now, and nary a problem with any of them ... probably the best servers I've picked up yet ... everything 'just worked' ... ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email . scrappy@hub.org MSN . scrappy@hub.org Yahoo . yscrappy Skype: hub.org ICQ . 7615664