From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 19 22:36:52 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A70C1065670 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:36:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd@dannysplace.net) Received: from mail.dannysplace.net (mail.dannysplace.net [213.133.54.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 549EA8FC14 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:36:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd@dannysplace.net) Received: from 203-206-171-212.perm.iinet.net.au ([203.206.171.212] helo=[192.168.10.10]) by mail.dannysplace.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1L2vf7-00060Y-57; Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:36:51 +1000 Message-ID: <492494DD.2000604@dannysplace.net> Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:36:13 +1000 From: Danny Carroll User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "John ." References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Authenticated-User: danny X-Authenticator: plain X-Sender-Verify: SUCCEEDED (sender exists & accepts mail) X-Exim-Version: 4.69 (build at 08-Jul-2008 08:59:40) X-Date: 2008-11-20 08:36:41 X-Connected-IP: 203.206.171.212:1337 X-Message-Linecount: 37 X-Body-Linecount: 23 X-Message-Size: 1220 X-Body-Size: 642 X-Received-Count: 1 X-Recipient-Count: 2 X-Local-Recipient-Count: 2 X-Local-Recipient-Defer-Count: 0 X-Local-Recipient-Fail-Count: 0 X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 203.206.171.212 X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: comp.john@googlemail.com, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: fbsd@dannysplace.net X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on ferrari.dannysplace.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=8.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,TVD_RCVD_IP autolearn=disabled version=3.2.5 X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on mail.dannysplace.net) Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD-7.0-RELEASE with AMD Phenom X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: fbsd@dannysplace.net List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:36:52 -0000 John . wrote: > Hi list > > FreeBSD 7 or 8.0-CURRENT - has anyone been able to get it working on > an AMD Phenom machine? I've googled around but not seen any solid > success stories yet. > > I'm looking at these motherboards: > > http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Spec.aspx?ProductID=1867 > and 8GB RAM > > and http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=ALIVENF6G-DVI > > also considering Asus of similar spec > > Prime concerns are seeing the full amount of RAM, and whether it can > see the SATA controller. I can't advise on anything else but I am sure you will need FreeBSD 8 to see anything above 2G. -D