From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Jan 15 13:13: 8 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@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 EC93714A23 for ; Sat, 15 Jan 2000 13:13:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com) Received: (from cjc@localhost) by cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id QAA52770; Sat, 15 Jan 2000 16:17:13 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from cjc) From: "Crist J. Clark" Message-Id: <200001152117.QAA52770@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> Subject: Re: Intel i840 chipset & FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <14463.34531.958673.838976@dee.isi.edu> from Lars Eggert at "Jan 14, 2000 12:28:19 pm" To: larse@isi.edu (Lars Eggert) Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2000 16:17:13 -0500 (EST) Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: cjclark@home.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL54 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Lars Eggert wrote, > Does anyone have experience running FreeBSD with an Intel i840-based board? > We're considering Dell Precision Workstation 420s for our labs, but FreeBSD > compatibility is a must. I've got FreeBSD running on a Precision 410. It absolutely smokes. I was actually taken aback at how smoothly it all went (I'm more accustomed to battling 486's with iffy hardware and wacked-out configs from M$ OS days). The only thing that is a "problem" is the integrated soundcard does not work... not that we have speakers or have ever really tried to use it. Now, the 410's have the i440BX chipset, but the systems do still have a lot in common (the 420 has no ISA bus, mind you). I just thought it might have some relevance. Some URLs to compare if you are interested: http://support.dell.com/docs/systems/ws420/en/en_ug/specs.htm http://support.dell.com/docs/systems/deqkmt/en/eq_mt/TECHNICA.HTM http://support.intel.com/support/chipsets/intel840/index.htm http://support.intel.com/support/chipsets/440BX/ -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message