From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 4 14:17:53 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.marketwatchmail.com (mail.marketwatchmail.com [206.146.143.85]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 25DA937B405 for ; Fri, 4 Jan 2002 14:17:48 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 25509 invoked from network); 4 Jan 2002 22:15:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO jaustadw2k) (206.147.106.71) by mail.marketwatchmail.com with SMTP; 4 Jan 2002 22:15:04 -0000 From: "Jay Austad" To: Subject: RE: Hardware Compatibility Question. Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 16:17:47 -0600 Message-ID: <54180709DD3FE145917BB165AFE7EFA002E0D2DD@mspexch2.office.mktw.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2627 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 In-Reply-To: <005001c19561$f5a8c7d0$6401a8c0@Posthuman> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On the same note, has anyone else had problems with IBM Deskstar drives under FreeBSD or OpenBSD? OpenBSD would hang on a soft reboot when using these drives (I tried 2 of them), and FreeBSD wouldn't even boot after the install with it. I switched to Western Digital drives, and the problem vanished. Jay -----Original Message----- From: Posthuman [mailto:posthuman@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 2:54 PM To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org Cc: Posthuman; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Hardware Compatibility Question. Hello, I ordered a custom machine with it's accessories after asking the dealer about it's compatibiliy with FreeBSD. I knew later from others, that not all the part I got will support BSD. If you can help me with just mentioning the name of the device that is not compatible I will be thankful. Note: I will be using FreeBSD 4.4 regards, + Machine/accessories Specifications: Motherboard: ASUS A7V266-E Socket A , 3GB DDR DIMM PCI, 1 ACR, RAID up to 6 USB, and optional RAID plus 6-channel audio. for specifications: http://www.bench-house.com/motherboard/asus/a7v266-e/a7v266-e_001.html Processor: AMD Athlon XP1900+ MMX 1.6MHz Memory: 1GB DDR RAM ECC registered. NIC: 3Com EtherLink 10/100 PCI RJ-45 Graphic Card: nVIDIA GeForce3 Ti200 Sound Card: Creative Live 5.01 Hard Disk: 2 WD 100GB 7200RPM 5MB buffer (IDE) DVD-ROM: LG DRD-8160B speed 16x CD-RW: LG speed 24x CD-ROM: Creative Digital iR speed 52x Floppy Drive: 1.44MB 3.5" Zip Drive: IOMEGA Zip 250MB TAPI Internal Drive. Monitor: NEC MultiSync LCD1550V 15" 1024X768 KeyBoard: Logitech Internet Keyboard, PS/2 (6-pin) to AT (5-pin) Mice: Logitech Wheel Mouse Optical USB to PS/2 (6-pin) mouse adapter. Printer: HP DeskJet 640C USB Printer switch: StarTeck AS-9251 , Parallel Auto Switch Speakers: Yamaha TSS-1B 6 Pieces 1 Sub / 5 SAT / 48W Total Power 5.1 channel full scale; 4.1 channel surround; stereo. http://www.yamaha.com/cgi-win/webcgi.exe/Specs/?gSPK00007TSS1B KVM Switch: StarView SV431 Keyboard/Mouse/Monitor 4 Port Sharing Switch PS/2 and Serial Mouse. UPS: Belkin F6C500-USB 500VA upto 30 minutes battery back-up time. Automatic Voltage Regulation, Shutdown software CD, USB device cable, Internet Line Plus Splitter and 10Base-T Network Protection. thanks again, - Posthuman - In the future, it pays more than to be a human. - http://www.sysopmind.com/singularity.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message