From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 9 04:15:27 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 4060C16A41F for ; Mon, 9 Jan 2006 04:15:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scrappy@hub.org) Received: from hub.org (hub.org [200.46.204.220]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7F3143D45 for ; Mon, 9 Jan 2006 04:15:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scrappy@hub.org) Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C430162C852; Mon, 9 Jan 2006 00:15:25 -0400 (AST) Received: from hub.org ([200.46.204.220]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 63837-08; Mon, 9 Jan 2006 00:15:25 -0400 (AST) Received: from ganymede.hub.org (blk-222-82-85.eastlink.ca [24.222.82.85]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CE4962C84D; Mon, 9 Jan 2006 00:15:25 -0400 (AST) Received: by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A5FA346140; Mon, 9 Jan 2006 00:15:23 -0400 (AST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A50F645DA8; Mon, 9 Jan 2006 00:15:23 -0400 (AST) Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 00:15:23 -0400 (AST) From: "Marc G. Fournier" To: lars In-Reply-To: <20060108224322.GA60673@storage.mine.nu> Message-ID: <20060109001509.A1088@ganymede.hub.org> References: <20060108023655.H1088@ganymede.hub.org> <43C13919.5070900@mac.com> <20060108224322.GA60673@storage.mine.nu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Server vendor specific mailing lists ... 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: Mon, 09 Jan 2006 04:15:27 -0000 On Sun, 8 Jan 2006, lars wrote: > Chuck Swiger wrote: >> Marc G. Fournier wrote: >>> Not sure who best to send this to, but figured I'd send it publicly to >>> see also if others think this idea might have merit ... >>> >>> Basically, I'm just about to take possession of my first HP server ... >>> my biggest 'fear' is that HP doesn't support FreeBSD, but from posts >>> I've seen here, that shouldn't be a problem ... what I'd love to see is >>> a 'vendor specific' mailing list where ppl can more easily tap others >>> brains for their experiences ... a "FreeBSD user support group for >>> {IBM,HP,Dell} servers", that a FreeBSD user can turn to knowing that >>> others on that list are using "their vendor of choice" for their servers >>> ... >> >> FreeBSD attempts to support all reasonably functional hardware; there isn't >> a great deal of difference between a Dell and an HP except for which RAID >> system and NIC they come with. >> >> You might find that mentioning the specific model you have would produce >> more useful feedback. You might also find asking the freebsd-isp list >> would produce responses more oriented towards people rackrounting and using >> LOM/remote management tools... > And then there's also the FreeBSD ProLiant mailing list: > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-proliant Very quiet list, but exactly what I'm looking for ... thanks ;) ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664