Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2001 03:53:07 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Phil Sadler" <PhilS@ult.co.za>, "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: University of Cape Town Message-ID: <003e01c11cd3$a4e47f80$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <290CF4046E74D511B73100805F65E60ACA5F@mail.ult.co.za>
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Compaq does indeed mention FreeBSD on the Alpha hardware. Go to: http://www.testdrive.compaq.com/ They have FreeBSD on AlphaServer DS10's, AlphaServer DS10-L's, and AlphaStation XP1000a's I'm sure the administrators of that site could tell you if the DS20E will run it. Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Phil Sadler >Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 11:16 PM >To: 'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org' >Subject: University of Cape Town > > >I deal with the University and they are looking at upgrading servers, and >Compaq has proposed Alphaservers running Linux. However, I am not sure >whether they will be viable users of DS20E machines as I cannot find >confirmation of FreeBSD being suitable to the new (???) generation of Alpha. >Compaq actively promotes Red Hat, Caldera, Suse, but makes no mention of >FreeBSD (or NetBSD etc). > >Would FreeBSD run on DS20E, and more importantly would this be a valuable >investment, or should they rather deploy on Intel CPU's? > >The proposed solution includes Alphaserver for Linux, Proliants for NT, and >thin clients for student access. So the other question is will thin client >access via Citrix be able to run sessions on the Linux server? They >currently use PC's dual booting to either the Citrix server or to the >FreeBSD server. > >Hope someone can help out there!!! > >PS: > >I have an Alphaserver 300 at home loaded with TRU64. Would this be able to >run FreeBSD? >I also have a Dec 3000 model 600 at home loaded with OpenVMS. Would this be >able to run FreeBSD? > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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