From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 1 01:31:08 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id BAA09022 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 1 Aug 1997 01:31:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts13-line1.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.150]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id BAA09017 for ; Fri, 1 Aug 1997 01:31:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id BAA11983; Fri, 1 Aug 1997 01:30:52 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 1 Aug 1997 01:30:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Shaun Courtney cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Will 2.2.2-R run on this hardware? In-Reply-To: <19970730155034.55653@emma.eng.uct.ac.za> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 30 Jul 1997, Shaun Courtney wrote: > I'm hoping someone can provide me with some information: > > We would like to by a new pentium system to use with a CD-ROM writer. > > >From the doc on the net and the FreeBSD home page I search and found nothing > that answers my questions. > > Here they are: does FreeBSD 2.2.2. (or Current...) support > > (i) the HP SureStore CD-Writer 6020 (/usr/share/examples/worm has 4020i) > http://hpcc920.external.hp.com/isgsupport/cdr/pi/6020data.html Not sure, worth a shot if it's OK with your budget. > (ii) will it work with the ASUS P55T2P4S motherboard, it has a on > Board Adaptec AHA7880 Ultra Wide SCSI Controller. > http://www.asus.com/products/specs/mb/P55T2P4S-spec.asp _NO_ problem. If any of the ASUS boards broke there would be a war over here. > and lastly > (iii) Does FreeBSD support/intent to support the MMX extensions? I don't know if there are any MMX extensions that would actually _help_ UNIX, to be honest. The increased Level1 cache is what helps most. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo