From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 6 3:42:23 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 6 03:42:22 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (f60.law6.hotmail.com [216.32.241.60]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC82F37B400 for ; Wed, 6 Dec 2000 03:42:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 6 Dec 2000 03:42:21 -0800 Received: from 61.9.178.117 by lw6fd.law6.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Wed, 06 Dec 2000 11:42:21 GMT X-Originating-IP: [61.9.178.117] From: "Aaron Hill" To: Bertrand.BAROTH@reda.net, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Compaq Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2000 11:42:21 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 06 Dec 2000 11:42:21.0788 (UTC) FILETIME=[9856C9C0:01C05F79] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >Can I install Free BSD on my Compaq Deskpro XL 5120 bought september 95 ? Not sure about your exact model but I've been running 3.4-RELEASE on a Deskpro XL 590 since 3.4 was released. It's been running a fairly well used web and FTP intranet site without issue. I've been running with 1 x 1.? GB IDE drive (boot), 2 x 3GB SCSI drives, 1 x SCSI 4mm DAT, 1 x IDE CD-ROM. I did use the onboard ethernet card for a while but went to a 100Mb/s PCI card to get higher speed from the machine. Personally I've never liked those floppy controller based tape drives but I can't see how that would be causing your SCSI timeout problems. I'd recommend you check the SCSI termination and ensure you're running the latest Compaq BIOS (from 20 May 1998)... http://www5.compaq.com/support/files/desktops/us/download/1140.html ... and based on my experience it should be all plain sailing with FreeBSD. Drop me a line directly if you need any further information. Good Luck Aaron Hill _____________________________________________________________________________________ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message