Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 08:59:24 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com> To: Freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, letters_4_jf@hotmail.com Subject: Re: Need Some Help Message-ID: <199902111359.IAA09918@lakes.dignus.com> In-Reply-To: <19990211133210.6523.qmail@hotmail.com>
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> > Hello > > -I have resently discovered FreeBSD. I am trying to put together a > machine to run it on. I could really use a list of hardware that is > supported (i.e. modems, harddrives, video cards, and nicks). If you > could send me a list or point to a URL that would be great. You should visit the FreeBSD home pages (http://www.freebsd.org) Then, click on "release information" - and look at the "Release Notes" for the particular version of FreeBSD you're interested in installing (I'm happy with 3.0, but you may want to be more conservative and try 2.2.8.) The Release Notes for the particular version present you with a rather lengthy hardware compatibility list. The short answers are: 1) Don't mess with a WinModem of any kind - it only works under windows. 2) Just about any hard drive, SCSI, IDE, etc... 3) FreeBSD uses just about any video card - but X11 is the defination of graphics. So, to choose a nice video card for X11, see http://www.xfree86.org/ My typical answer to questions like this is: First, decide how much money you want to spend. Buy the computer that costs that much. - Dave Rivers - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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