From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 31 21:45:37 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com (cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com [24.2.89.207]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5B8D14CDF for ; Wed, 31 Mar 1999 21:45:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com) Received: (from cjc@localhost) by cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) id AAA05844; Thu, 1 Apr 1999 00:45:14 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from cjc) From: "Crist J. Clark" Message-Id: <199904010545.AAA05844@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> Subject: Re: Hardware support In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.19990331225741.0079bb80@mail.megsinet.net> from "ydarg@megsinet.net" at "Mar 31, 99 10:57:41 pm" To: ydarg@megsinet.net Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 00:45:14 -0500 (EST) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: cjclark@home.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL40 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG ydarg@megsinet.net wrote, > I want to install FreeBSD on a second hard drive and I want to be sure > everything is supported > 1. what kind of hd should I buy Pretty much any SCSI drive will be fine, just make sure the SCSI controller is supported. Most IDE drives are fine too. I'd recommend you look for your best value for cost versus performance then check it is supported, rather than the otherway around. See, http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook9.html > I have > 2. STB nVIDIA 4mb video card This is an XFree86 issue not really FreeBSD (in a strict sense). See, http://www.xfree86.org > 3. pent II Exactly what FreeBSD is designed for. > 4. ps2 intellimouse Should be fine, but occasionally PS/2s can cause trouble (I had some with an Intellimouse and 2.2.7-RELEASE). > 5. Altec ACS90 speakers It's not the speakers, but the soundcard that they plug into. > 6. US rbx 56k modem Do I smell a WinModem? WinModems won't work. > If anythings a prob email me at ydarg@megsinet.net HTH. HAND. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message