Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 21:05:46 +0000 From: "clayton rollins" <crollins666@hotmail.com> To: hkacmaz@iinet.net.au, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: FreeBSD and Trident 3dimage975 video card Message-ID: <Sea1-F108i6hEqm8Dzk00010e08@hotmail.com>
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On July 26, 2004, "Hasan Kacmaz" <hkacmaz@iinet.net.au> wrote:
>
>G'day
>My first attempt at *nix and tried to install FreeBSD 5.2.1 on my
>Cel-333 box (324mb sdram/3x6gb hdd).
>I also have a Trident 3dimage975 AGP video card on it which doesn't seem
>to like it.. I couldn't get the x to work on it..
>Is there a fix or a way around this problem?
>
>Also, I've got 3 x 6GB hdd and wanted to install FreeBSD as the sole OS
>on this system on all these hdd... what is the best efficient way to
>partition them?
>
>cheers
>
Hi,
Before I say anything, I should point out that all questions should be
sent to the freebsd-questions mailing list.[1] My comments here are
limited to the official documentation.
As for the video card...
>apropos trident
trident(4) - Trident video driver
>man trident
[snip]
SUPPORTED HARDWARE
The trident driver supports PCI,AGP and ISA video cards based on
the
following Trident chips:
[snip]
Image 3DImage975, 3DImage985, Cyber9520, Cyber9525,
Cyber9397,
Cyber9397DVD
[snip]
Refer to the XF86Config man page if you simply want to edit
the file rather than using one of the x setup tools. (I found it
much easier...)
HD layout is, in my opinion, a personal matter... (What do you
want to do with them? freebsd should exist happily on a 6G
drive... maybe mount the extras as /usr/home and /usr/ports...
I'll leave the decisions up to you, though.)
HTH,
Clayton
[1] http://www.welearn.com.au/freebsd/newbies/
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