Intel Macs and FreeBSD?
Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
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Thu Apr 27 21:21:46 UTC 2006
On Apr 27, 2006, at 3:10 PM, Mark Edwards wrote:
> The Mac Mini is fast, small, quiet, and cheap. Why is it not a
> good cheap server?
I would only be concerned about the disk depending on what sort of
server you are intending to have. I do not know but assume that they
still use the laptop 2.5" drives which are not 24/7 rated. Probably
doesn't matter for most home servers. Lack of storage space unless
you start hooking up external drives. What sort of server are you
intending?
I am actually thinking about using Mac Mini machines for IMAP and
SMTP front ends using NFS mounted backend storage due to their size
and low power draw. I can stick many of them in the same place that
a 2U rack unit would go and with fans blowing data center A/C air
across them there should be no heat issues and with the backend NFS
storage, all the actual mail itself would be processed off-disk so
the disks would basically get no work out...
Chad
>
> On Apr 27, 2006, at 1:58 PM, John Cruz wrote:
>
>> A mac mini is an odd machine to make into a server, but no matter.
>> I doubt you'll run into any issues with installing it. Darwin is
>> nice, but it was developed to be the underlying layer of the
>> finder GUI. And the freeBSD ports system is so much nicer than any
>> other nix install system that there's no comparison.
>>
>> -JOhn
>>
>> Mark Edwards wrote:
>>> Because I want to run FreeBSD, not Darwin. This is for a server,
>>> not for a desktop. I'm used to FreeBSD, and I am migrating an
>>> existing machine over.
>>>
>>> On Apr 27, 2006, at 1:49 PM, James Riendeau wrote:
>>>
>>>> Oops. Looks like the URL changed. It is: http://
>>>> opensource.apple.com/
>>>>
>>>> -james
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Apr 27, 2006, at 3:47 PM, James Riendeau wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Why? Mac OS X has a complete unix freebsd-like core called
>>>>> darwin ( http://www.darwin.org ). There's no reason to install
>>>>> freebsd on it. Just install Mac Developer Tools (included in
>>>>> the Applications folder), compile your favorite progs and go.
>>>>>
>>>>> James Riendeau
>>>>> MMI Computer Support Technician
>>>>> 1300 University Ave
>>>>> Rm. 436, Dept. of MedMicro
>>>>> Madison, WI 53706
>>>>>
>>>>> Phone: (608) 262-3351
>>>>> After-hours Phone: (608) 260-2696
>>>>> Fax: (608) 262-8418
>>>>> Email: jtriende at wisc.edu
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Apr 27, 2006, at 3:03 PM, Mark Edwards wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Does anyone know if the Intel Macs can boot and install
>>>>>> FreeBSD, now that the firmware includes BIOS compatibility?
>>>>>> Has anyone seen it happen?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm thinking of using a Mac Mini as a quiet living-room
>>>>>> server. Thanks!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Mark Edwards
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>
>>>
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>>>
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