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Date:      Tue, 7 Feb 2006 08:37:07 -0600
From:      Nikolas Britton <nikolas.britton@gmail.com>
To:        Peter <petermatulis@yahoo.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: motherboard recommendations for 6.0
Message-ID:  <ef10de9a0602070637j1aa806ack47994a2a1913a878@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20060203181157.50690.qmail@web60012.mail.yahoo.com>
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On 2/3/06, Peter <petermatulis@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> It's time to set up another box to act as file server and I'm at the
> crucial motherboard-choice stage.  I'm looking for recommendations for an
> i386 single-cpu mid-price board that work well with FreeBSD 6.0-stable.  =
I
> don't see the point in buying an Intel cpu but if you do then please make
> your point.  Thanks a lot.
>

What board features do you want? and what is a "mid-price" board,
entry level server boards start at around $200? What CPU do you want
to use? How much RAM do you want? Storage options, ATA, SATA, SATA-II,
SCSI U160, SCSI U320, etc.? Buses? Chipset Options, VIA, SIS, AMD,
Intel??????



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