I've been making my rounds through the open source unix-like OSes on a 
recently purchased used Compaq Proliant 1850R server with little success.   
Since NetBSD supports SMP on i386 I was hoping to have more luck with it.

Note, this server currently only has 1 processor installed.

Is there anyone on the list which has experience installing NetBSD on a 
Proliant 1850R?  The system configuration for this computer is a lot more 
challenging than I thought when I purchased it (I've been building and working 
with computers for a long time).  I do have the SmartStart 5.5 CDs and have 
created a system configuration partition on one of the hard disks (3x 9.1 GB 
scsi).  Also, while searching the 'net I came across a post about 1600 which 
indicated that I should go into Advanced Configuration mode (press Ctrl-A at 
first menu of System Configuration Utillity) and enable "Full Table" support 
for the APIC.

Anyway, there is seems to be a configuration item I have missed since I am not 
able to successfullly/completely install OpenBSD, FreeBSD or NetBSD.  I have 
not tried Linux yet.

Thank you for reading this.

George Morgan