From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 2 14:58:47 2004 Return-Path: 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 D203616A4CE for ; Wed, 2 Jun 2004 14:58:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cmailm3.svr.pol.co.uk (cmailm3.svr.pol.co.uk [195.92.193.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 235BA43D58 for ; Wed, 2 Jun 2004 14:58:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ian@watson011167.fsworld.co.uk) Received: from user-6023.l4.c3.dsl.pol.co.uk ([81.79.119.135] helo=avmchx04qo4zx0) by cmailm3.svr.pol.co.uk with smtp (Exim 4.14) id 1BVdkz-0004gY-B6 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org; Wed, 02 Jun 2004 22:58:45 +0100 Message-ID: <005901c448ec$c0c9d130$87774f51@avmchx04qo4zx0> From: "Ian Watson" To: Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 22:58:34 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2739.300 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: Compatibility Question's X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2004 21:58:48 -0000 Hi I have been more and more attentive to your product as I have had = enormous trouble installing Linux and it all boils down to two = compaitibilty questions. I have tried all major brands of Linux and to date I can only get text = interface Gentoo and Linspire to work (Linspire works but doesn't = support my USB Broadband adapter) Surprsingly Mandrake 10 fatal crashed so I thought to have a second look = at your offering. The bug bear seems to be my Hercules 3d Prophet 4000XT, it's a good = card, uses less resources than other's but is less supported than = other's. I have the Kyro drivers for Linux but not working! The second problem is my Speedtouch 330, I coded all the scripts for it = and Linspire does not have GCC. So, before I go too much into this, will FreeBSD work on my machine? Ian Pentium III 600E 384MB 100MHZ SD-RAM Twin Fujitsu HDD's 10GB+6GB Hercules AGP Prophet 4000XT Crystal ISA Sound (will chnge to PCI) Fast Ethernet PCI Card Speedtouch 330 USB BB Modem (not router) XP sitting on 6GB with 10GB in front nigh on empty.