Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 14:38:38 -0500 From: Bob Johnson <fbsdlists@gmail.com> To: Jennifer Gold <jenniferg@cticomtel.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD using Dell systems Message-ID: <54db43990601261138v4a80f6d5nd033c78c63f35345@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20060126175506.37FFF380D1@smtp05.safesecureweb.com> References: <20060126175506.37FFF380D1@smtp05.safesecureweb.com>
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On 1/26/06, Jennifer Gold <jenniferg@cticomtel.com> wrote: > Would you have any information on using and loading FreeBSD on a Dell > PowerEdge 2850 or 850? > > Any information would be of great help. Thank you for your time. I have neither of those, but I've been running FreeBSD 5.4 on a pair of PowerEdge 1800 systems. It can't access all 4 GB of installed RAM (it sees 3327 MB). I looked up the reason for that once, but now I forget what it is (PCI bus mapping, maybe, or PAE, or both?). It is not specific to Dell, though, and may be solved in 6.0 (speculation). I tried to set aside a small partition for Windows XP in case I needed to run some Windows-only management or repair software. It didn't work. The Windows XP install program bluescreens on these systems. I believe Dell only supports Windows 2003 Server on them. - Bob
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