Re: FreeBSD on Intel Server Board SE7501WV2

From: Richard Sharpe (rsharpe_at_richardsharpe.com)
Date: 09/11/03

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To: Yaoping Ruan <yruan@CS.Princeton.EDU>

    On Thu, 11 Sep 2003, Yaoping Ruan wrote:

    > Hello,
    >
    > We plan to install FreeBSD on an Intel Server Board SE7501WV2 with 1 XEON
    > 2.4GHz CPU, 4GB PC2100 DDR memory, and a Seagate 120GB ATA 7200RPM
    > harddisk, and use the server box for high demand SpecWeb99 tests. Does
    > anyone have any experience on this Server Board, and see any compatibility
    > problem here? The reason I am asking is that we had some kernel
    > compatibility issues on other Intel Board.

    Is that the dual-processor-capable borad? If so, I have one of those at
    home, and it works with FreeBSD 4.7 or so. It certainly has the 7501
    chipset in it and 2x1.8GHz Xeons.
     
    > An other question about this box is the two on-board Gigabit Network
    > Controller. Do they work fine on FreeBSD? May I use fiber Giganet NCI like
    > Netgear GA621 on it?

    They worked for me. I dunno about the fibre stuff.

    Regards
    -----
    Richard Sharpe, rsharpe[at]ns.aus.com, rsharpe[at]samba.org,
    sharpe[at]ethereal.com, http://www.richardsharpe.com

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