Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 11:15:32 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: aaehsan@vlsi.eng.ukm.my (annuar) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD hardware specifications Message-ID: <200409291515.i8TFFXi17188@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <HIEPKMDJBMEKDCHHDHFHAEFOCAAA.aaehsan@eng.ukm.my> from "annuar" at Sep 29, 2004 11:12:34 AM
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> > Hi All, > > I'm interested on FreeBSD (download the 4.10) and would like to install it > either on this machine or a new machine. Can anyone suggest a suitable > machine (with specs so that I can go to the PC shops)? Almost any reasonably standard i386 family machine (plus some others) will work fine. If you are buying something new, then think bigger is better when it comes to CPU, memory and disk. Although FreeBSD will run on a fairly small, slow machine, you will soon find youself thinking of all kinds of additional things to run that will eat up space. Greater than 1GHz CPU, 256MB memory and 40GB disk is nice. Separate 10-100MB or even 1GB NIC card is good. Any modern modem other than Winmodem is good. SCSI controller and disk is my preference, but tends to be a little more expensive and conservative in sizes. Most CD/DVD units now work and DAT, DLT and LTO tapes are supported - especially on SCSI. One thing to avoid is Winmodem type controllers that parasite the main CPU to run them. These are generally controllers built in to the main motherboard and don't have their own processing ability. Almost everything else that is being sold on the mainline market will work. That will include Dell, IBM, Toshiba, Sony, Compaq, and a lot of somewhat lesser known brands and even most garage-built machines. On the FreeBSD web site http://www.freebsd.org/ look under the version you with to install (you said 4.10 - good choice for now) and click on the "Hardware Notes" link and follow it through the appropriate paths to see the extensive lists of known supported hardware. So, jump in and have fun. Do a lot of reading in the FreeBSD handbook which is available online and other documentation. It takes a little extra effort to get started and then after that is done is easily recognized as superior. ////jerry > Regards, > AA EHSAN > Malaysia So, how is Malaysia doing? I haven't been there for more than 10 years. /jrm > ---
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