From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 25 20:49:44 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5D11106566B for ; Thu, 25 Aug 2011 20:49:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerry@seibercom.net) Received: from mail-vx0-f182.google.com (mail-vx0-f182.google.com [209.85.220.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FC858FC08 for ; Thu, 25 Aug 2011 20:49:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vxh11 with SMTP id 11so2682934vxh.13 for ; Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:49:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.52.92.233 with SMTP id cp9mr263083vdb.513.1314305383573; Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:49:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (twdp-174-109-142-001.nc.res.rr.com [174.109.142.1]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id k10sm644044vdi.31.2011.08.25.13.49.41 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:49:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio (zeus [192.168.1.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jerry@scorpio.seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3RlHgS5Llgz2CG4y for ; Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:49:40 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:49:40 -0400 From: Jerry To: FreeBSD Message-ID: <20110825164940.0450d7e4@scorpio> In-Reply-To: References: <4E567C14.7070909@wallnet.com> <4E568F9C.7090403@wallnet.com> <20110825143338.536ef267@scorpio> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.9 (GTK+ 2.24.5; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.2) Face: 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 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: shopping for a new server X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 20:49:44 -0000 On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:38:26 -0400 Outback Dingo articulated: > On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 2:33 PM, Jerry wrote: > > > On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:08:28 -0400 > > Tim Kellers articulated: > > > > > Thank you Max, that sounds like good news so far. > > > > > > > > One minor issue I ran into is that disabling serial ports in > > > > BIOS causes FreeBSD to freeze when booting. The solution is > > > > simply to set serial ports to be "On without Console > > > > Redirection." You should also leave Intel I/OAT disabled, since > > > > FreeBSD has no support for it. > > > > > > Is anyone working on integrating support into FreeBSD? There is an > > abundance of info available and drivers for both Windows (obviously) > > and Linux. > > > > http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/network/IntelPRO/R167266/en/ioat.htm > > http://www.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/sb/CS-023725.htm > > > Just one more reason NOT to buy anything from Dell I fail to see the reasoning behind your statement. -- Jerry ✌ jerry+fbsd@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or ignored. Do not CC this poster. Please do not ignore the "Reply-To" header. http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html