FreeBSD on Dell PowerEdge 2500

[Mathias Haas]

I've installed it on a 2550, no problem what so ever.

/mathias

moliveri at uti.com wrote:

>That's what I was hoping to hear. Thanks for the responses, all!
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>Take care,
>Mike
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>>On Monday 16 February 2004 02:04 pm, moliveri at uti.com wrote:
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>>>Anyone have any experience installing FreeBSD on a Dell PowerEdge
>>>server?
>>>2500 or any other? I'm looking at having to do so and, having not done
>>>it
>>>before, I'm just wondering if there are any gotchas I should be aware of
>>>or if I have to use their OpenManage CDs or something.
>>>
>>>Take care,
>>>Mike
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>>The server I have at work is a Dell PowerEdge.  I think the specific model
>>is
>>1400SC; but my memory could be faulty.  It's on the other side of Texas,
>>so I
>>can't see the case right now.
>>
>>The server came with a small, bootable dos partition at the beginning of
>>the
>>scsi hard drive that has certain utilities.  Since I was new to FreeBSD at
>>the time; I left the dos partition in place.  The Dell CD's were put in a
>>drawer.....somewhere.  I've never used them.
>>
>>FreeBSD installed easily and has performed flawlessly.  I don't remember
>>what
>>version I installed back in 2001; but the server has remained on the
>>STABLE
>>track via cvsup and 'make world'.  The server houses PostgreSQL databases
>>used for clinical analysis and acts as a SAMBA server for the analysts.
>>
>>I've replaced the IDE CDROM with a Sony DVD RW DRU-500A to burn gzipped
>>pg_dump files to DVD-R.  Dealing with the server's screwless case drove me
>>nuts.  The DRU-500A's went on clearance -- good price for excellent
>>hardware,
>>if you can still find one.
>>
>>My only advice is the same for all computers:  Max out the RAM while it's
>>relatively inexpensive.
>>
>>Happy serving,
>>
>>Andrew Gould
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