Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 15:09:00 -0600 From: cpet <cpet@sdf.org> To: zep <zgreenfelder@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: System to install FreeBSD Message-ID: <30f203dea165c7336b0b6661cc84e547@sdf.org> In-Reply-To: <54ECD686.7000504@gmail.com> References: <CAAtTLRpnSjCKeoiDKaWmzJi=OvhS0SS7hPyX0kkH2S97jbg_Fw@mail.gmail.com> <54ECD686.7000504@gmail.com>
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On 2015-02-24 13:52, zep wrote: > On 02/24/2015 02:40 PM, BINDU PULIYANKODAN KAROTH wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am planning to buy a system to install FreeBSD for training on UNIX >> Administration. My broad choices are to go for either a laptop or a >> desktop. >> >> Laptop >> ------ >> From looking around the web , I found that Laptops are generally >> windows >> compatible and may run in to issues with other OS. >> Can you suggest me some good laptops that would be good for this >> purpose. >> >> Desktop >> ------- >> If I choose to go for a desktop ( I do not have any specific >> hardware in mind) is it okay if go with any of them available in the >> market? >> >> Also , in general >> 1) Are there any specific system requirements in terms of the memory >> and >> hard drive >> or other requirements >> 2) Is it necessary to purchase a system with any UNIX OS in it , to >> ensure >> that it will work fine with BSD. >> >> Kindly advise >> >> > > given that it's for training, wouldn't it make more sense to be pretty > much hardware agnostic and use virtulization (either virtualbox, xen, > or > any of several commercial options) and make the BSD machine a VM that > you can snapshot back to after training is done? You can get a el cheapo ATOM box for cheap if you want a dedicated box for testing and learning. Personally I would run it in a VM if I was you but. You are entitled to do as you wish. SuperMicro makes nice servers and desktops which are known to be fully compatible with Linux/BSD iX systems does as well but I think they stopped making desktops. You need to be careful of the MB you buy if you want to build your own learn to build a desktop as well as UNIX would be good. My 2 cents.
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