From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 16 13:47:41 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64ABE16A41C for ; Sat, 16 Jul 2005 13:47:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr14.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr14.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.34]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2F3B43D48 for ; Sat, 16 Jul 2005 13:47:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr14.xs4all.nl (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j6GDlXxl027855; Sat, 16 Jul 2005 15:47:33 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 8B0EE656A; Sat, 16 Jul 2005 15:47:33 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 15:47:33 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: dick hoogendijk Message-ID: <20050716134733.GA24438@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <20050716151701.5ecb6b10.dick@nagual.st> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="uAKRQypu60I7Lcqm" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050716151701.5ecb6b10.dick@nagual.st> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: fbsdq Subject: Re: motherboard fbsd 5.x X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 13:47:41 -0000 --uAKRQypu60I7Lcqm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Jul 16, 2005 at 03:17:01PM +0200, dick hoogendijk wrote: =20 > From what I understand there are still some problems with AMD64 > boards. Still, 64bits is the future.. so is it better to wait a while, > _or_ are there *good* supported motherboards for amd64? Avoid boards with NForce chipsets. My MSI NEO FSR mobo with K8T800 chipset (MS-6702) works like a charm. > Maybe it's better to stay with Intel and FreeBSD? I've had no problems with amd64 since 5.3-RELEASE. > And about harddisks: is it true that fbsd support for ATA harddisks is > better / more robust than for SATA drives? Not AFAICT. My aforementioned mobo has a VIA SATA controller: atapci0@pci0:15:0: class=3D0x010400 card=3D0x70201462 chip=3D0x31491106 rev=3D0x80 hdr=3D0x00 vendor =3D 'VIA Technologies Inc' device =3D 'VT8237 VT6410 SATA RAID Controller' class =3D mass storage subclass =3D RAID It works fine with my WD harddisk: Master: ad4 Serial ATA v1.0 > I need some *concrete* advice. The rest of the hardware will be a > lesser problem. HTH, Roland --=20 R.F.Smith (http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/) Please send e-mail as plain text. public key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt --uAKRQypu60I7Lcqm Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFC2Q/1EnfvsMMhpyURAktbAJ9qE4nrLIwnlWu6SvzgkwRtQFrWpQCcCeJK Bn/di1tGkLLlT/TVIgtzUlc= =9OQC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --uAKRQypu60I7Lcqm--