Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 11:54:23 -0500 From: Benjamin Gavin <gavinb@supranet.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and K6-2's Message-ID: <4.1.19990521115414.00b69620@mail.supranet.net>
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Hi, I've had great luck running 3.1-RELEASE through 3.2-RELEASE. It has been blazingly fast (K6-2 300 about as fast compiling as a Pentium II 350). I am also running XFree86 3.3.3.1 with a Millenium G200 16MB SG video card and all is working great. I use the Epox 51MVP3E-M ATX motherboard and have only good things to say about it. I haven't had a crash yet (except when I tried to use the 686 CPU instead of 586 in the kernel config :). ). Say, is there a reason that the AMD chip isn't considered a 686?? Does it not contain certain instructions that are required for 686 compliance?? Thanks, Ben Gavin At 10:01 PM 5/20/99 -0700, you wrote: > > >I'm thinking of upgrading my old P133 FreeBSD machine with a new >Motherboard, RAM and an AMD K6-2 350. They're less than 60 bucks now. :) >I'm thinking about 64 megs of RAM minimum, maybe more depending on my >budget. I have a Win95 machine running on an ASUS P5A motherboard which >seems really nice. Thinking of getting another just the same, or maybe an >ASUS P5A-B which is pretty much the same but it's baby AT size. I plan to >use the machine as a X Workstation, HTTP-FTP-TELNET server, NATD Gateway, >and SAMBA server. I really don't want to spend more than 300 bucks for >Motherboard, CPU, RAM, and Case (if neccessary). > >My questions are: > >1.) Does FreeBSD and AMD K6-2 350 make a good combination as far as >performance, speed, and stability goes? > >2.) Other than ASUS motherboards, what would be another good choice for a >low cost FreeBSD Workstation/Server? > >Thanks in advance, > >Joey > > >================================================================ >Joey Bear Garcia >Downey, CA >bear@pacificnet.net >================================================================ > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message /--------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Benjamin Gavin - Senior Consultant *********** NO SPAM!! ************ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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