Dell Servers I have installed
Salvatore Albanese
salvatore at oems.ch
Wed Mar 14 13:34:38 UTC 2007
Greetings all,
I have been known to give new life to Dell Customers, after migrating thier
old W2K servers to FreeBSD, with Samba, this makes a fine File Server with
execellent Security.
Dell PowerEdge 1500SC,
Intel Pentium III 1.2GHz, Tualatin 512 L2 cache, Intel Mainboard P2300,
512MB RAM, 36GB HDD SCSI U160 HotSwap Seagate ST336706LC, LG CD-ROM
CDR-8482B EIDE, Standard Floppy Drive 1.44MB 3.5", RAGE XL PCI 4MB RAM,
Seagate DAT 4mm DDS-4 Streamer 20-40GB SCSI, Intel Pro/1000 Network adaptor,
Swiss Keyboard, Logitech wheel mouse, 17" SVGA, APC Smart_UPS 700VA
FreeBSD v. 6.0 installation, with Samba v2.2.12,
Physical Partitions
/dev/ad0s1a
/dev/ad0s1f
/dev/ad0s1g
/dev/ad0s1e
Logical Partitions
/ /dev/ad0s1a 512MB
swap
/tmp /dev/ad0s1f 2048MB
/var /dev/ad0s1g 512MB
/usr /dev/ad0s1e 29789MB
I make makes all home folders in the /usr partition.
once every three months I check the server, and I give it a clean Bill of
Health. So far so good
It have been up for two years now, and the client is very happy. another ex
Microsoft client who is very happy they did not have to make a mojor
investment to buy new hardware and Win2003 server.
What more can I say?
Salvatore Albanese
Sr. Consultant
OEMS Sagl
CP 210
6576 Gerra (Gambarogno) TI
Switzerland
Tel +41 91 859 0730
Fax +41 91 859 0731
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> 1. Dell is asking what free OS to preinstall (Peter A. Giessel)
> 2. Dell Linux survey (Scott I. Remick)
> 3. Fwd: Dell is asking what free OS to preinstall (TooMany Secrets)
> 4. Re: Fwd: Dell is asking what free OS to preinstall
> (Julian Stacey)
> 5. Re: Fwd: Dell is asking what free OS to preinstall
> (Nikolas Britton)
> 6. Re: Fwd: Dell is asking what free OS to preinstall
> (Nikolas Britton)
> 7. Re: Fwd: Dell is asking what free OS to preinstall (Warren Myers)
> 8. Re: Fwd: Dell is asking what free OS to preinstall
> (Nikolas Britton)
> 9. Re: Fwd: Dell is asking what free OS to preinstall
> (Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav )
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 09:34:35 -0800
> From: "Peter A. Giessel" <pgiessel at mac.com>
> Subject: Dell is asking what free OS to preinstall
> To: freebsd-advocacy at freebsd.org
> Message-ID: <45F6E0AB.1080105 at mac.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> Dell is actually asking what Linux Distro to install, but if enough of us
> ask for preinstalled FreeBSD, it might get them thinking about FreeBSD and
> looking into providing support and especially drivers in the future.
>
> It can't hurt anyway :)
>
> http://www.dell.com/linuxsurvey
>
> P.S., feel free to CC me as I'm not subscribed to this list.
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 13:49:01 -0400
> From: "Scott I. Remick" <scott at sremick.net>
> Subject: Dell Linux survey
> To: freebsd-advocacy at freebsd.org
> Message-ID: <45F6E40D.2010609 at sremick.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> Due to the positive response they've gotten regarding people wanting
> systems pre-installed with Linux, Dell has put a survey up:
>
> http://www.dell.com/linuxsurvey
>
> FreeBSD users might want to fill out the survey and at the end, choose
> "other" for the distribution enter "FreeBSD". Can't hurt :)
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 20:32:51 +0100
> From: "TooMany Secrets" <toomany at toomany.net>
> Subject: Fwd: Dell is asking what free OS to preinstall
> To: freebsd-advocacy at freebsd.org
> Message-ID:
> <e8b5dfd50703131232s36327cb2w1530887698a2a48d at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
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> Sorry for the top-posting, but only one "to" was added, and wasn't this
> list.
>
> 2007/3/13, Peter A. Giessel <pgiessel at mac.com>:
>> Dell is actually asking what Linux Distro to install, but if enough of us
>> ask for preinstalled FreeBSD, it might get them thinking about FreeBSD
>> and
>> looking into providing support and especially drivers in the future.
>
> Well... I was put a suggestion for FreeBSD, but thank's to my bad
> english the most possible could be that anybody was read my
> "suggestion".
>
> --
> Have a nice day ;-)
> TooManySecrets
> http://www.toomany.net
>
> ============================
> Nine megs for the secretaries fair,
> Seven megs for the hackers scarce,
> Five megs for the grads in smoky lairs,
> Three megs for system source;
>
> One disk to rule them all,
> One disk to bind them,
> One disk to hold the files
> And in the darkness grind 'em.
> ============================
>
>
> --
> Have a nice day ;-)
> TooManySecrets
>
> ============================
> Nine megs for the secretaries fair,
> Seven megs for the hackers scarce,
> Five megs for the grads in smoky lairs,
> Three megs for system source;
>
> One disk to rule them all,
> One disk to bind them,
> One disk to hold the files
> And in the darkness grind 'em.
> ============================
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 21:28:23 +0100
> From: "Julian Stacey" <jhs at berklix.org>
> Subject: Re: Fwd: Dell is asking what free OS to preinstall
> To: freebsd-advocacy at freebsd.org
> Message-ID: <200703132028.l2DKSN8E085575 at fire.jhs.private>
>
>> 2007/3/13, Peter A. Giessel <pgiessel at mac.com>:
>> > Dell is actually asking what Linux Distro to install, but if enough of
>> > us
>> > ask for preinstalled FreeBSD, it might get them thinking about FreeBSD
>> > and
>> > looking into providing support and especially drivers in the future.
>
> Tue Mar 13 21:28:11 CET 2007
> That URL http://www.dell.com/linuxsurvey
> results in:
>
> http://www.dell.com/content/topics/survey.aspx/ss?ssid=OeAjvuto67E~&s=corp
> We have encountered a problem while processing the page you requested.
> If you experience any technical problems with your shopping experience
> at dell.com, please contact one of our trained sales representatives
> at 1-800-WWW-DELL to quickly complete your transaction. Or contact
> us about the problem you have encountered.
>
> --
> Julian Stacey. BSD Unix C Net Consultancy, Munich/Muenchen
> http://berklix.com
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>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:23:01 -0500
> From: "Nikolas Britton" <nikolas.britton at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Fwd: Dell is asking what free OS to preinstall
> To: "Julian Stacey" <jhs at berklix.org>
> Cc: freebsd-advocacy at freebsd.org
> Message-ID:
> <ef10de9a0703131423k73bd7f4bi5b799a7438c3d79f at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> On 3/13/07, Nikolas Britton <nikolas.britton at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 3/13/07, Julian Stacey <jhs at berklix.org> wrote:
>> > > 2007/3/13, Peter A. Giessel <pgiessel at mac.com>:
>> > > > Dell is actually asking what Linux Distro to install, but if enough
>> > > > of us
>> > > > ask for preinstalled FreeBSD, it might get them thinking about
>> > > > FreeBSD and
>> > > > looking into providing support and especially drivers in the
>> > > > future.
>> >
>> > Tue Mar 13 21:28:11 CET 2007
>> > That URL http://www.dell.com/linuxsurvey
>> > results in:
>> >
>> > http://www.dell.com/content/topics/survey.aspx/ss?ssid=OeAjvuto67E~&s=corp
>> > We have encountered a problem while processing the page you requested.
>> > If you experience any technical problems with your shopping experience
>> > at dell.com, please contact one of our trained sales representatives
>> > at 1-800-WWW-DELL to quickly complete your transaction. Or contact
>> > us about the problem you have encountered.
>> >
>>
>> Their website is being slashdotted right now. When you do finally get
>> to the survey select "Community Supported: Ubuntu" for the last
>> question. Ubuntu is based on Debian... Debian in many respects is
>> equivalent to FreeBSD.
>>
>
> Also... For question 2 "Which systems should we prioritize on for
> Linux factory installation?" Put all of the notebooks at highest
> priority.
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:17:57 -0500
> From: "Nikolas Britton" <nikolas.britton at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Fwd: Dell is asking what free OS to preinstall
> To: "Julian Stacey" <jhs at berklix.org>
> Cc: freebsd-advocacy at freebsd.org
> Message-ID:
> <ef10de9a0703131417l6c5f67d2r2ba63449dda6fb39 at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> On 3/13/07, Julian Stacey <jhs at berklix.org> wrote:
>> > 2007/3/13, Peter A. Giessel <pgiessel at mac.com>:
>> > > Dell is actually asking what Linux Distro to install, but if enough
>> > > of us
>> > > ask for preinstalled FreeBSD, it might get them thinking about
>> > > FreeBSD and
>> > > looking into providing support and especially drivers in the future.
>>
>> Tue Mar 13 21:28:11 CET 2007
>> That URL http://www.dell.com/linuxsurvey
>> results in:
>>
>> http://www.dell.com/content/topics/survey.aspx/ss?ssid=OeAjvuto67E~&s=corp
>> We have encountered a problem while processing the page you requested.
>> If you experience any technical problems with your shopping experience
>> at dell.com, please contact one of our trained sales representatives
>> at 1-800-WWW-DELL to quickly complete your transaction. Or contact
>> us about the problem you have encountered.
>>
>
> Their website is being slashdotted right now. When you do finally get
> to the survey select "Community Supported: Ubuntu" for the last
> question. Ubuntu is based on Debian... Debian in many respects is
> equivalent to FreeBSD.
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:29:46 -0400
> From: "Warren Myers" <volcimaster at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Fwd: Dell is asking what free OS to preinstall
> To: freebsd-advocacy at freebsd.org
> Message-ID:
> <cd08a04c0703131529w705e9ea9m5e4b996e0d291de0 at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2; format=flowed
>
> I was under the impression that of the Linuces out there, Slackware was
> most
> BSD-ish? How is Debian like BSD?
>
> WMM
>
> On 3/13/07, Nikolas Britton <nikolas.britton at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 3/13/07, Julian Stacey <jhs at berklix.org> wrote:
>> > > 2007/3/13, Peter A. Giessel <pgiessel at mac.com>:
>> > > > Dell is actually asking what Linux Distro to install, but if enough
>> of us
>> > > > ask for preinstalled FreeBSD, it might get them thinking about
>> FreeBSD and
>> > > > looking into providing support and especially drivers in the
>> > > > future.
>> >
>> > Tue Mar 13 21:28:11 CET 2007
>> > That URL http://www.dell.com/linuxsurvey
>> > results in:
>> >
>> >
>> http://www.dell.com/content/topics/survey.aspx/ss?ssid=OeAjvuto67E~&s=corp
>> > We have encountered a problem while processing the page you requested.
>> > If you experience any technical problems with your shopping experience
>> > at dell.com, please contact one of our trained sales representatives
>> > at 1-800-WWW-DELL to quickly complete your transaction. Or contact
>> > us about the problem you have encountered.
>> >
>>
>> Their website is being slashdotted right now. When you do finally get
>> to the survey select "Community Supported: Ubuntu" for the last
>> question. Ubuntu is based on Debian... Debian in many respects is
>> equivalent to FreeBSD.
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> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 21:45:51 -0500
> From: "Nikolas Britton" <nikolas.britton at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Fwd: Dell is asking what free OS to preinstall
> To: "Warren Myers" <volcimaster at gmail.com>
> Cc: freebsd-advocacy at freebsd.org
> Message-ID:
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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
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> On 3/13/07, Warren Myers <volcimaster at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I was under the impression that of the Linuces out there, Slackware was
>> most
>> BSD-ish? How is Debian like BSD?
>>
>
> That sounds about right, though I've only used Slackware once, a long
> long long time ago. The question asks:
>
> 6) Which Linux distribution should Dell prioritize on?
> a Commercial: Novell/SuSE Linux Desktop.
> b Commercial: Red Hat Enterprise Desktop.
> c Community Supported: Fedora.
> d Community Supported: OpenSUSE.
> e Community Supported: Ubuntu.
> f Other.
>
>>From the choices available Ubuntu is the only one developed and
> maintained by individuals with no commercial backing. The Ubuntu /
> Debian relationship would be equivalent to PC-BSD / FreeBSD. Umm and
> last time I checked FreeBSD wasn't a Linux distribution so writing in
> FreeBSD for option f is not applicable, you could write-in Slackware
> though.
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 9
> Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 11:40:08 +0100
> From: des at des.no (Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav )
> Subject: Re: Fwd: Dell is asking what free OS to preinstall
> To: "Nikolas Britton" <nikolas.britton at gmail.com>
> Cc: freebsd-advocacy at freebsd.org
> Message-ID: <864poo5cs7.fsf at dwp.des.no>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
>
> "Nikolas Britton" <nikolas.britton at gmail.com> writes:
>> From the choices available Ubuntu is the only one developed and
>> maintained by individuals with no commercial backing.
>
> Ubuntu is developed and maintained by Canonical Ltd. (see
> http://www.canonical.com/projects/ubuntu).
>
> DES
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