[rescue] Compaq ES40

[Brian Wheeler]

Well, the OS choices that I know of are
	Tru64 ($$)
	Linux
	FreeBSD
	NetBSD
	OpenVMS ($$ or Hobbyist)

Brian


On Wed, 2008-06-11 at 10:56 -0400, Lionel Peterson wrote:
> Today I went to the Princeton University Surplus Sale and picked up an  
> ES40 Alphaserver for a good price.
> 
> It is complete, with 3 Fibre cards, a SCSI card, and a second Ethernet  
> card, along with dual 9 gig SCSI drives and a CD-ROM drive...
> 
> Aside from Linux, what are my OS choices? I'd prefer free/media cost  
> solutions...
> 
> The system powers up, tests 4 CPUs (does that mean it has 4 CPUs?),  
> tests PCI and memory, then displays the SRM release.
> 
> It is in a rolling cabinet, about the size of an Sun E450...
> 
> Tips/pointers appreciated,
> 
> Lionel
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