Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 00:05:52 -0500 (EST) From: Samy Touati <lmcsato@lmc.ericsson.se> To: Mohan Srinivasan <mohan@netapp.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD on 5x86 and K5 systems/XF86 and the Matrox Mystique card... Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95.970324000429.343A-100000@jello.lmc.ericsson.se> In-Reply-To: <199703232024.MAA21940@tooting.netapp.com>
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I'm running fbsd on a 5x86-133 on a VLbus board, and it works flawlessly. The same CPU with a PCI board works even a little faster. Samy On Sun, 23 Mar 1997, Mohan Srinivasan wrote: > > Hi, > > I am looking to put together a (El Cheapo) second PC for home use running > FreeBSD. I'm looking for some input from users who've tried running FreeBSD > on a 5x85/K5 based machine, and running XF86 on the Matrox Mystique card. > > I'm looking to buy a 5x86-133 or a K5 based motherboard. I'd like to > know of there are problems running FreeBSD on such boards. > > (Failing this, my next choice would be a P5 based motherboard (the ad I have > doesn't specify the manufacturer of the motherboard, so I assume it'd be an > Intel motherboard) with the Triton chipset. I presume FreeBSD would run > cleanly on this). > > I was also looking to buy a Matrox Mystique card. Is this card supported > by XF86 ? Are there any known problems with this card, as far as running X > is concerned ? > > Could you please reply by e-mail to me at mohan@netapp.com ? > > thanks > > mohan >
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