Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 15:47:33 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: dick hoogendijk <dick@nagual.st> Cc: fbsdq <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: motherboard fbsd 5.x Message-ID: <20050716134733.GA24438@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20050716151701.5ecb6b10.dick@nagual.st> References: <20050716151701.5ecb6b10.dick@nagual.st>
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On Sat, Jul 16, 2005 at 03:17:01PM +0200, dick hoogendijk wrote:
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> From what I understand there are still some problems with AMD64
> boards. Still, 64bits is the future.. so is it better to wait a while,
> _or_ are there *good* supported motherboards for amd64?
Avoid boards with NForce chipsets. My MSI NEO FSR mobo with
K8T800 chipset (MS-6702) works like a charm.
> Maybe it's better to stay with Intel and FreeBSD?
I've had no problems with amd64 since 5.3-RELEASE.
> And about harddisks: is it true that fbsd support for ATA harddisks is
> better / more robust than for SATA drives?
Not AFAICT. My aforementioned mobo has a VIA SATA controller:
atapci0@pci0:15:0: class=0x010400 card=0x70201462 chip=0x31491106
rev=0x80 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'VIA Technologies Inc'
device = 'VT8237 VT6410 SATA RAID Controller'
class = mass storage
subclass = RAID
It works fine with my WD harddisk:
Master: ad4 <WDC WD1200JD-00GBB0/02.05D02> Serial ATA v1.0
> I need some *concrete* advice. The rest of the hardware will be a
> lesser problem.
HTH,
Roland
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