On Tue, Mar 2, 2021 at 6:14 PM Tim Mooney via openindiana-discuss < openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org> wrote:
> In regard to: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Hipster 2020.10 text installer > ISO...: > > > On Tue, Mar 2, 2021 at 1:25 PM Reginald Beardsley via > openindiana-discuss < > > openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org> wrote: > > > >> > >> The HP BIOS is the screwiest one I've ever come across. > > > > Can confirm via my HP ProBook. Dell's BIOSes are a lot better. > > That may be true, but both Jedi and I tried several different Dell systems > in late 2019 (mostly PowerEdge R710, R720, and R730 servers for me) and > could > not get a successful OI install on any of them using the 2019 OI > installers. > I tried a range of BIOS versions for each of them, including latest or in > some cases last BIOS version. > Sorry, I was referring to the BIOS' UI/UX in isolation, not how well it works with OI. I use an HP Z800 daily but don't have access to its BIOS (AFAIK, I've never tried) so I can't comment there. However, I have seen folks on here say it works well with Solaris and OI, so there's that. > > I've also found that the most recent Dell Precision workstations now come > with some features (like USB boot) not available from the legacy BIOS. > They're slowly moving primarily to UEFI. ... as is everything. It's the current gen industry standard. There's a good chance that my > next workstation at work won't actually run OI. > I create and run simulations for a living. I haven't been assigned a non-Windows workstation since 2009 (IBM AIX was the last non-Windows OS I ran directly for work). The last cluster I used had an IBM web frontend; I have no idea what OS it was running, and that job was sufficiently stressful to make that question a trivial detail ;) > > Tim > -- > Tim Mooney tim.moo...@ndsu.edu > Enterprise Computing & Infrastructure / > Division of Information Technology / 701-231-1076 (Voice) > North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105-5164 > > _______________________________________________ > openindiana-discuss mailing list > openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org > https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > _______________________________________________ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
