Re: I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server; recommendations?
On 6/17/06, Dan Bikle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Anish, Thanks this is good info. I'll be using this server for development of a Ruby on Rails. Currently I do development on a Mac. My production server is running freeBSD 5.3 I want a development environment which is closer to production than my Mac is. You really don't need to use 5.3 unless there are some apps you use on 5.3 and won't work on 6.1. I have rails apps running on everything from 4.11 up, and rails itself works the same on all of them. You might also try using something like vmware desktop instead of a whole new server. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server; recommendations?
Yes, this is good info. I see this on my box: bash moibsd root /usr/bin 15 # pciconf -l [EMAIL PROTECTED]:0:0:class=0x06 card=0x2a31103c chip=0x5a331002 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:1:0: class=0x060400 card=0x00b0 chip=0x5a3f1002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x01 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:17:0: class=0x01018f card=0x2a31103c chip=0x437a1002 rev=0x80 hdr=0x00 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:18:0: class=0x01018f card=0x2a31103c chip=0x43791002 rev=0x80 hdr=0x00 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:19:0:class=0x0c0310 card=0x2a31103c chip=0x43741002 rev=0x80 hdr=0x00 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:19:1:class=0x0c0310 card=0x2a31103c chip=0x43751002 rev=0x80 hdr=0x00 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:19:2:class=0x0c0320 card=0x2a31103c chip=0x43731002 rev=0x80 hdr=0x00 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:20:0:class=0x0c0500 card=0x2a31103c chip=0x43721002 rev=0x81 hdr=0x00 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:20:1: class=0x01018a card=0x2a31103c chip=0x43761002 rev=0x80 hdr=0x00 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:20:2:class=0x040300 card=0x2a31103c chip=0x437b1002 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:20:3:class=0x060100 card=0x chip=0x43771002 rev=0x80 hdr=0x00 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:20:4:class=0x060401 card=0x chip=0x43711002 rev=0x80 hdr=0x01 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:5:0: class=0x03 card=0x2a31103c chip=0x5a611002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:2:0: class=0x078000 card=0x062011c1 chip=0x062011c1 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:5:0: class=0x02 card=0x2a31103c chip=0x813910ec rev=0x10 hdr=0x00 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:6:0: class=0x0c0010 card=0x2a31103c chip=0x30441106 rev=0x80 hdr=0x00 bash moibsd root /usr/bin 16 # My graphics card is this: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:5:0: class=0x03 card=0x2a31103c chip=0x5a611002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'ATI Technologies Inc' class= display subclass = VGA According to man pciconf, none3 means that there is no device configured in the kernel for the PCI device in question. This might explain why I can't get x-windows to work on my console. Maybe FreeBSD 6.1 will know about this card. I'd like to get x-windows working on the console [ it works good over the net tho ]. Thanks for the tip on pciconf ! -Dan On 7/22/06, Jonathan Horne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Saturday 22 July 2006 15:30, Dan Bikle wrote: > I looked at dmesg output and saw nothing about the grapics card. > > How might I get info about my graphics card? > > Thanks, > -Dan you might try: pciconf -vl mine shows this about my ages-old ati card: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:0:0: class=0x03 card=0x00081002 chip=0x52461002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'ATI Technologies Inc' device = 'Rage 128 PRO II (AGP 4X/PCI) Rage 4MB' class= display subclass = VGA hth, jonathan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to " [EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server; recommendations?
On Saturday 22 July 2006 15:30, Dan Bikle wrote: > I looked at dmesg output and saw nothing about the grapics card. > > How might I get info about my graphics card? > > Thanks, > -Dan you might try: pciconf -vl mine shows this about my ages-old ati card: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:0:0: class=0x03 card=0x00081002 chip=0x52461002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'ATI Technologies Inc' device = 'Rage 128 PRO II (AGP 4X/PCI) Rage 4MB' class= display subclass = VGA hth, jonathan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server; recommendations?
On 7/22/06, Dan Bikle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Well, it turns out that ordering a computer from Walmart was a mistake. They sent me the wrong computer. I don't understand why. The item listed in my online order was clearly different than the item printed on the packing list attached to the shipping box. Perhaps they have a literacy problem in their warehouse. At least the return was easy; I just took the box to my local Walmart and they accepted it and then put the correct credit on my credit card. Then, I went to Frys. I showed the spec of the Walmart machine that I wanted. They easily beat Walmart with an 'open-box' special which is a customer returned computer still under warranty. I got an HP Pavilion a1340n for about $500. It has 1G RAM, 250G HD, 1 R-W DVD drive and 1 R-O DVD drive. CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.66GHz http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&cc=us&product=1818054&dlc=&docname=c00575715 It has an ATI grapics card but I'm not sure how to use a shell command to give me information about it. I looked at dmesg output and saw nothing about the grapics card. How might I get info about my graphics card? Pop the case open and look at the chip, if it doesn't void the warranty... It looks like it uses an ATI Radeon Xpress 200 chipset. http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=1818054&lang=en&docname=c00590356# http://www.ati.com/buy/promotions/radeonxpressmobo/intel775int.html -- BSD Podcasts @: http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ http://freebsdforall.blogspot.com/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server; recommendations?
Well, it turns out that ordering a computer from Walmart was a mistake. They sent me the wrong computer. I don't understand why. The item listed in my online order was clearly different than the item printed on the packing list attached to the shipping box. Perhaps they have a literacy problem in their warehouse. At least the return was easy; I just took the box to my local Walmart and they accepted it and then put the correct credit on my credit card. Then, I went to Frys. I showed the spec of the Walmart machine that I wanted. They easily beat Walmart with an 'open-box' special which is a customer returned computer still under warranty. I got an HP Pavilion a1340n for about $500. It has 1G RAM, 250G HD, 1 R-W DVD drive and 1 R-O DVD drive. CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.66GHz http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&cc=us&product=1818054&dlc=&docname=c00575715 It has an ATI grapics card but I'm not sure how to use a shell command to give me information about it. I looked at dmesg output and saw nothing about the grapics card. How might I get info about my graphics card? Thanks, -Dan On 6/18/06, Dan Bikle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Well folks, I did a bit more looking around. I found this: http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=3762910 specs: CPU: AMD Sempron 3000+ It is so cheap I'm tempted to buy it and take the risk that I could install a recent version of FreeBSD on it. Since it comes with Linux installed on it, I'm tempted to think that the interface cards for the Video and the keyboard, and the mouse are a common variety. I have a question for any of you who have done a lot of FreeBSD installs on a variety of hardware... Would you gamble $368 that you could get FreeBSD installed on this thing? -Dan On 6/17/06, Dan Bikle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks! > > I worked with the links you sent me. > For desktop systems I narrowed the list to these offerings: > > http://www.asaservers.com/config.asp?config_id=ASA%5FPC5 > http://www.storeanywhere.com/pages/html/products/st.product_info.php?cPath=53&products_id=143 > > http://eracks.com/products/Desktops > > -Dan > > > > On 6/17/06, Nikolas Britton < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 6/17/06, Dan Bikle < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server. > > > > > > Do you have any recommendations for some vendors? > > > > > > I could go buy some commodity hardware and do the install myself > > > but I seem to have bad luck with hands-on type tasks. > > > > > > I'm not picky about CPU; Intel or AMD is fine. > > > Anything over 1.5 GHZ should do it. > > > > > > RAM? > > > I guess 1GB would be good enough. > > > > > > Disk? > > > A couple of 80GB drives would work. > > > > > > I live in San Jose, CA; A local vendor would be great. > > > > > > > Your in luck, these guys are in San Jose: > > http://www.ironsystems.com/index.asp > > > > Here's the full list of venders: > > http://www.freebsd.org/commercial/hardware.html > > > > > > -- > > BSD Podcasts @: > > http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ > > http://freebsdforall.blogspot.com/ > > > > ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server; recommendations?
Nikolas Britton wrote: On 2006-06-19 06:04, Danial Thom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd say that a $55. celeron on Freebsd 4.11 would be just as fast as a > Sempron an 5.3, so why not save some money and get something that > everyone knows is "production ready"? I'm not so sure. It would take quite a few tests and some _real_ numbers to convince me that such a claim was true :-) Any 64-bit AMD chip will knock the socks off of equivalent Intel solutions in code compiling benchmarks. This doesn't always hold true though, for example Adobe Photoshop is still faster on Intel because the app is tuned for big pipelines / NetBurst. ___ I think the point was that slower-processor+4.11 is faster than faster-processor+5.3 which may or may not be true and might depend greatly on workload. Without actual benchmarks, it's just speculation. And it's still only really interesting if it still holds significantly for 6.X rather than 5.X. Even then, I am inclined to the opinion that CPUs get faster so quickly that even a 20% difference will evaporate in months, and since 5/6.X support newer hardware, I couldn't actually care less if they are a bit less efficient. AMD64s are nice though :-) --Alex I see it was our perennial 5.X basher Danial Thom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you are quoting. He's a bit of a troll, in case you hadn't noticed ;-) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server; recommendations?
On 6/19/06, Giorgos Keramidas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 2006-06-19 06:04, Danial Thom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >--- Giorgos Keramidas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>On 2006-06-19 12:33, Erik Trulsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The 5.3 release was clearly marked as a "developer preview" release >>> >>> No, it was not. 5.3 was a perfectly ordinary release. It was in >>> fact the first 5.x release that was *not* marked as a "developer >>> preview". >> >> You're right. I must have been thinking of 5.2.1. >> >> Sorry for the misinformation :-/ > > I'd say that a $55. celeron on Freebsd 4.11 would be just as fast as a > Sempron an 5.3, so why not save some money and get something that > everyone knows is "production ready"? I'm not so sure. It would take quite a few tests and some _real_ numbers to convince me that such a claim was true :-) Any 64-bit AMD chip will knock the socks off of equivalent Intel solutions in code compiling benchmarks. This doesn't always hold true though, for example Adobe Photoshop is still faster on Intel because the app is tuned for big pipelines / NetBurst. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server; recommendations?
On 2006-06-19 06:04, Danial Thom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >--- Giorgos Keramidas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>On 2006-06-19 12:33, Erik Trulsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The 5.3 release was clearly marked as a "developer preview" release >>> >>> No, it was not. 5.3 was a perfectly ordinary release. It was in >>> fact the first 5.x release that was *not* marked as a "developer >>> preview". >> >> You're right. I must have been thinking of 5.2.1. >> >> Sorry for the misinformation :-/ > > I'd say that a $55. celeron on Freebsd 4.11 would be just as fast as a > Sempron an 5.3, so why not save some money and get something that > everyone knows is "production ready"? I'm not so sure. It would take quite a few tests and some _real_ numbers to convince me that such a claim was true :-) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server; recommendations?
--- Giorgos Keramidas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2006-06-19 12:33, Erik Trulsson > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 01:11:38PM +0300, > Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > >>On 2006-06-17 11:29, Dan Bikle > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> Anish, > >>> > >>> Thanks this is good info. > >>> > >>> I'll be using this server for development > of a Ruby on Rails. > >>> > >>> Currently I do development on a Mac. > >>> > >>> My production server is running freeBSD 5.3 > >> > >> You shouldn't be running a production server > with 5.3 at all. > >> > >> The 5.3 release was clearly marked as a > "developer preview" release > > > > No, it was not. 5.3 was a perfectly ordinary > release. It was in fact > > the first 5.x release that was *not* marked > as a "developer preview". > > You're right. I must have been thinking of > 5.2.1. > > Sorry for the misinformation :-/ I'd say that a $55. celeron on Freebsd 4.11 would be just as fast as a Sempron an 5.3, so why not save some money and get something that everyone knows is "production ready"? DT __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server; recommendations?
On 2006-06-19 12:33, Erik Trulsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 01:11:38PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >>On 2006-06-17 11:29, Dan Bikle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Anish, >>> >>> Thanks this is good info. >>> >>> I'll be using this server for development of a Ruby on Rails. >>> >>> Currently I do development on a Mac. >>> >>> My production server is running freeBSD 5.3 >> >> You shouldn't be running a production server with 5.3 at all. >> >> The 5.3 release was clearly marked as a "developer preview" release > > No, it was not. 5.3 was a perfectly ordinary release. It was in fact > the first 5.x release that was *not* marked as a "developer preview". You're right. I must have been thinking of 5.2.1. Sorry for the misinformation :-/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server; recommendations?
On Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 01:11:38PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2006-06-17 11:29, Dan Bikle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Anish, > > > > Thanks this is good info. > > > > I'll be using this server for development of a Ruby on Rails. > > > > Currently I do development on a Mac. > > > > My production server is running freeBSD 5.3 > > You shouldn't be running a production server with 5.3 at all. > > The 5.3 release was clearly marked as a "developer preview" release No, it was not. 5.3 was a perfectly ordinary release. It was in fact the first 5.x release that was *not* marked as a "developer preview". > , so > if you are still running systems with that version, then you should > *first* upgrade your production systems to a more stable FreeBSD > version. > > Many important bugs have been fixed on the 5.X branch since the 5.3 > version was built, so you should target at the _very_ least the more > stable, debugged & featureful 5.4 or 5.5 releases, or even RELENG_5. Upgrading to 5.5 (or even 6.1) is probably a good idea for two reasons. The first is that, just as you say, several bugs have been fixed since 5.3 . The other reason is that both 5.3 and 5.4 will only be supported for a couple months more, while 5.5 will be supported for nearly two more years. (See http://www.freebsd.org/security/ for exact dates.) > > > I want a development environment which is closer to production > > than my Mac is. > > Which is a very good point. > > This is why you should definitely start by fixing the version of the > production system :) > -- Erik Trulsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server; recommendations?
On 2006-06-17 11:29, Dan Bikle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anish, > > Thanks this is good info. > > I'll be using this server for development of a Ruby on Rails. > > Currently I do development on a Mac. > > My production server is running freeBSD 5.3 You shouldn't be running a production server with 5.3 at all. The 5.3 release was clearly marked as a "developer preview" release, so if you are still running systems with that version, then you should *first* upgrade your production systems to a more stable FreeBSD version. Many important bugs have been fixed on the 5.X branch since the 5.3 version was built, so you should target at the _very_ least the more stable, debugged & featureful 5.4 or 5.5 releases, or even RELENG_5. > I want a development environment which is closer to production > than my Mac is. Which is a very good point. This is why you should definitely start by fixing the version of the production system :) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server; recommendations?
On Sun, 18 Jun 2006, Dan Bikle wrote: http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=3762910 [...] It is so cheap I'm tempted to buy it and take the risk that I could install a recent version of FreeBSD on it. [...] Would you gamble $368 that you could get FreeBSD installed on this thing? For a basic server, I probably would. But I would not count on the integrated graphics being useable in X. Especially since the page says "Integrated Graphics up to 64 MB, default setting 32 MB", which leads me to think that this integrated graphics thingy uses system memory, which would be taken out of the not-overly-generous 512 MB. It will almost certainly work for your VGA console. I also wouldn't count on the integrated sound or even ethernet. The modem, I can just about guarantee, is a winmodem and thus probably not useable. But in all cases, it's hard to know for sure since they don't say what the hardware is. The keyboard and mouse will probably work fine. The subject line says "desktop server". My take is that it would be iffy as a desktop (might work, you never know) but probably fine as a light-duty server, although you may need to add a $10 ethernet card. I'd just double-check their return policy; if it turns out not to be what you wanted, send it back and keep looking. HTH. -- Chris Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** [ Busy Expunging <|> ] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server; recommendations?
Well folks, I did a bit more looking around. I found this: http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=3762910 specs: CPU: AMD Sempron 3000+ It is so cheap I'm tempted to buy it and take the risk that I could install a recent version of FreeBSD on it. Since it comes with Linux installed on it, I'm tempted to think that the interface cards for the Video and the keyboard, and the mouse are a common variety. I have a question for any of you who have done a lot of FreeBSD installs on a variety of hardware... Would you gamble $368 that you could get FreeBSD installed on this thing? -Dan On 6/17/06, Dan Bikle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thanks! I worked with the links you sent me. For desktop systems I narrowed the list to these offerings: http://www.asaservers.com/config.asp?config_id=ASA%5FPC5 http://www.storeanywhere.com/pages/html/products/st.product_info.php?cPath=53&products_id=143 http://eracks.com/products/Desktops -Dan On 6/17/06, Nikolas Britton < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 6/17/06, Dan Bikle < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server. > > > > Do you have any recommendations for some vendors? > > > > I could go buy some commodity hardware and do the install myself > > but I seem to have bad luck with hands-on type tasks. > > > > I'm not picky about CPU; Intel or AMD is fine. > > Anything over 1.5 GHZ should do it. > > > > RAM? > > I guess 1GB would be good enough. > > > > Disk? > > A couple of 80GB drives would work. > > > > I live in San Jose, CA; A local vendor would be great. > > > > Your in luck, these guys are in San Jose: > http://www.ironsystems.com/index.asp > > Here's the full list of venders: > http://www.freebsd.org/commercial/hardware.html > > > -- > BSD Podcasts @: > http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ > http://freebsdforall.blogspot.com/ > ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server; recommendations?
Thanks! I worked with the links you sent me. For desktop systems I narrowed the list to these offerings: http://www.asaservers.com/config.asp?config_id=ASA%5FPC5 http://www.storeanywhere.com/pages/html/products/st.product_info.php?cPath=53&products_id=143 http://eracks.com/products/Desktops -Dan On 6/17/06, Nikolas Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 6/17/06, Dan Bikle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server. > > Do you have any recommendations for some vendors? > > I could go buy some commodity hardware and do the install myself > but I seem to have bad luck with hands-on type tasks. > > I'm not picky about CPU; Intel or AMD is fine. > Anything over 1.5 GHZ should do it. > > RAM? > I guess 1GB would be good enough. > > Disk? > A couple of 80GB drives would work. > > I live in San Jose, CA; A local vendor would be great. > Your in luck, these guys are in San Jose: http://www.ironsystems.com/index.asp Here's the full list of venders: http://www.freebsd.org/commercial/hardware.html -- BSD Podcasts @: http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ http://freebsdforall.blogspot.com/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server; recommendations?
On 6/17/06, Dan Bikle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server. Do you have any recommendations for some vendors? I could go buy some commodity hardware and do the install myself but I seem to have bad luck with hands-on type tasks. I'm not picky about CPU; Intel or AMD is fine. Anything over 1.5 GHZ should do it. RAM? I guess 1GB would be good enough. Disk? A couple of 80GB drives would work. I live in San Jose, CA; A local vendor would be great. Your in luck, these guys are in San Jose: http://www.ironsystems.com/index.asp Here's the full list of venders: http://www.freebsd.org/commercial/hardware.html -- BSD Podcasts @: http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ http://freebsdforall.blogspot.com/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server; recommendations?
Anish, Thanks this is good info. I'll be using this server for development of a Ruby on Rails. Currently I do development on a Mac. My production server is running freeBSD 5.3 I want a development environment which is closer to production than my Mac is. -Dan On 6/17/06, Anish Mistry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Saturday 17 June 2006 13:50, Dan Bikle wrote: > Hi, > > I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server. You probably don't want 5.3 as it will be EOL'd in a few months. For any new installs you should be using 6.1. > Do you have any recommendations for some vendors? > > I could go buy some commodity hardware and do the install myself > but I seem to have bad luck with hands-on type tasks. > > I'm not picky about CPU; Intel or AMD is fine. > Anything over 1.5 GHZ should do it. > > RAM? > I guess 1GB would be good enough. > > Disk? > A couple of 80GB drives would work. What is this system going to be doing? -- Anish Mistry [EMAIL PROTECTED] AM Productions http://am-productions.biz/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server; recommendations?
On Saturday 17 June 2006 13:50, Dan Bikle wrote: > Hi, > > I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server. You probably don't want 5.3 as it will be EOL'd in a few months. For any new installs you should be using 6.1. > Do you have any recommendations for some vendors? > > I could go buy some commodity hardware and do the install myself > but I seem to have bad luck with hands-on type tasks. > > I'm not picky about CPU; Intel or AMD is fine. > Anything over 1.5 GHZ should do it. > > RAM? > I guess 1GB would be good enough. > > Disk? > A couple of 80GB drives would work. What is this system going to be doing? -- Anish Mistry [EMAIL PROTECTED] AM Productions http://am-productions.biz/ pgptPMMD9U62o.pgp Description: PGP signature
I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server; recommendations?
Hi, I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server. Do you have any recommendations for some vendors? I could go buy some commodity hardware and do the install myself but I seem to have bad luck with hands-on type tasks. I'm not picky about CPU; Intel or AMD is fine. Anything over 1.5 GHZ should do it. RAM? I guess 1GB would be good enough. Disk? A couple of 80GB drives would work. I live in San Jose, CA; A local vendor would be great. Thanks, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"