From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 7 03:33:37 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA7D3106564A for ; Thu, 7 Jun 2012 03:33:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mueller23@insightbb.com) Received: from mail.insightbb.com (smtp3.insight.synacor.com [208.47.185.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 937958FC0C for ; Thu, 7 Jun 2012 03:33:37 +0000 (UTC) X_CMAE_Category: 0,0 Undefined,Undefined X-CNFS-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=LpwMBZjTQLRiI2i0ioPrXzKLicHDUlbjmqBOr0CglPQ= c=1 sm=0 a=NKak1Zy_U9wA:10 a=FKkrIqjQGGEA:10 a=IimOfUeSENwA:10 a=jLN7EqiLvroA:10 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=ZubcGFkXAAAA:8 a=0ukqzmndOXj8U9evFakA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=CeCXPTdWX8cA:10 a=6HS/Esr6SxOSn4gf+UdElA==:117 X-CM-Score: 0 X-Scanned-by: Cloudmark Authority Engine Authentication-Results: smtp01.insight.synacor.com header.from=mueller23@insightbb.com; sender-id=softfail Authentication-Results: smtp01.insight.synacor.com smtp.mail=mueller23@insightbb.com; spf=softfail; sender-id=softfail Received-SPF: softfail (smtp01.insight.synacor.com: transitional domain insightbb.com does not designate 10.51.1.65 as permitted sender) Received: from [10.51.1.65] ([10.51.1.65:44137] helo=md03.insight.synacor.com) by mail.insightbb.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.2.40 r(29895/29896)) with ESMTP id 0F/15-07481-B0120DF4; Wed, 06 Jun 2012 23:33:31 -0400 Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 23:33:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas Mueller To: David Christensen Message-ID: <1841053140.95816.1339040011608.JavaMail.root@md03.insight.synacor.com> In-Reply-To: <4FCFE8D3.7020201@holgerdanske.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-IP: [74.134.26.53] X-Mailer: Zimbra 6.0.8_GA_2685 (zclient/6.0.8_GA_2685) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which FreeBSD for Intel i7-2600S and DQ67SWB3? 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: Thu, 07 Jun 2012 03:33:37 -0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: David Christensen I have a new computer with an Intel i7-2600S processor and DQ67SWB3 motherboard that I'd like to run with ZFS, virtual machine host, desktop, Samba, and terminal server (on second NIC). Can this be done with FreeBSD; if so, which distribution and ports/packages do I need? ----- My response, from awkward Insight webmail interface: This looks like the processor I have, I think you would use amd64. Almost certainly your system is 64-bit as opposed to 32-bit. For a new computer, I wouldn't go with anything earlier than FreeBSD 9.0, and in my case, upgrading to 9.0-STABLE proved stabler than the 9.0 release. Base system includes ZFS. I've never used virtual machines, but VirtualBox is popular for this purpose. Samba is in ports. I don't recognize or don't remember DQ67SWB3 motherboard model, is it from MSI? Tom