Building a New BSD 5.3 Server

[Nikolas Britton]

On 8/30/05, Dixit, Viraj <Viraj.Dixit at cityofpaloalto.org> wrote:
> 
> I have a question regarding the compatibility of BSD 5.3 Unix which I found very stable running the OS for a website. I am purchasing a new server and these are the qualities that the server has. Is BSD 5.3 will be able to work and be compatible with these options.
> 
> Enterprise-class uptime and manageability, proven Intel(r) Xeon(tm) performance and 2U density for a variety of rack deployments
> All HP ProLiant DL380 G4 models include:
> *   Intel(r) Xeon(tm) processor with 800MHz FSB
> *   PC2-3200 registered ECC DDR2 SDRAM memory
> *   Integrated Smart Array 6i controller
> *   Dual port embedded PCI-X Gigabit NIC (NC7782)
> 

http://groups.google.com/group/list.freebsd.questions/browse_thread/thread/c1927769dc8f846f/68a9adc7b6cddd13?lnk=st&q=group:*.freebsd.*+Anyone+successfully+running+FreeBSD+on+a+HP+Proliant+DL385%3F&rnum=1#68a9adc7b6cddd13

http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.4R/hardware-i386.html and you should
think about using 5.4 or 6.0, 6 is yet to be released but in about
another month or two should be here, as well as 5.5.