Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1998 17:00:25 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, nchcvt@sover.net Subject: Re: HP Netserver Message-ID: <199810062100.RAA12929@lakes.dignus.com> In-Reply-To: <361A7BCD.793123C3@sover.net>
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> > Our HR dept. has offered to donate an HP Netserver/66 LC for use as a > central SMTP > server for the corporation. We've been considering FreeBSD; however > according > to several FAQ items, there are some problems related to the built in > SCSI adapter > as well as with using a `dangerously' dedicated hard drive. Are these > issues still > viewed as problematic; should we graciously refuse the offer ? > > Thanks in advance for the (encouraging) advice. > > Laurence Morell/ MIS Coordinator > Northern Counties Health Care > St. Johnsbury, VT 05819 > > nchcvt@sover.net There's no problem using a "dangerously" dedicated drive; because: 1) This means the drive doesn't have a standard partition table, so other operating systems won't recognize it. If you don't plan on running other operating systems on the hardware; this is just fine. 2) Because you don't have to; you can not use the "dangerously" dedicated mode and FreeBSD will happily handle the partition table correctly. As far as the SCSI issue; I'm not aware of what SCSI controller comes with that box... so, I can't speak to that issue as well... - Dave Rivers - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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