From owner-freebsd-alpha Fri May 24 7:20:13 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0FAB37B40A for ; Fri, 24 May 2002 07:20:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.3/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g4OEK2Af001606; Fri, 24 May 2002 16:20:03 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g4OEK2lC001605; Fri, 24 May 2002 16:20:02 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 16:20:02 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: bad bob Cc: free Subject: Re: DCG Alpha boxes, anyone running free on them? Message-ID: <20020524162002.A1585@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <3CEE1FA5.3344E062@bellatlantic.net> <20020524132842.C1158@freebie.xs4all.nl> <3CEE4B57.ABAE8E90@bellatlantic.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3CEE4B57.ABAE8E90@bellatlantic.net>; from sfmc68@bellatlantic.net on Fri, May 24, 2002 at 10:16:55AM -0400 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.6-PRERELEASE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, May 24, 2002 at 10:16:55AM -0400, bad bob wrote: > hi Wilko, Well, if they are indeed UP1000/UP2000 clones they should just work I suppose. I have never seen one. Do you have a URL maybe? Wilko (curious..) > the DCG box is an alpha clone, there seem to be a number of variations. > I have 3U or 5U (not sure of the exact designation) versions, but the > DCG boxes SEEM to be repackaged, obviously lower cost but still very > good quality UP1000, UP2000, and other motherboard based boxes. rack > mount. I would call them industrial strength alphas, not the same color > as the equiv dec/paq boxes, but the same performance. I am not > sure of diffs in the bios/srm/what ever variations but I have seen > them running free, net, redhat, vms, DU/Tru... > One box I have has the 164 LX mobo, no video, scsi car, boots > and runs free 4.2, running 3 drives in it right now, 22GB or so, > I have to check mem, I think it is about 512MB. The other is > the UP2000 based box, running 56GB scsi drives, 1GB ram, dual > 264 cpus, running netbsde 1.4.2 ---end of quoted text--- -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message