From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 20 23:47:15 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE75D16A4AB for ; Fri, 20 Oct 2006 23:47:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dwiest@vailsys.com) Received: from dprobd02.vailsys.com (dprobd02.vailsys.com [63.149.73.146]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 501AB43D53 for ; Fri, 20 Oct 2006 23:47:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dwiest@vailsys.com) Received: from dfsfbd06.vail (dfsfbd06.vail [192.168.129.190]) by dprobd02.vailsys.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B06078A5C68 for ; Fri, 20 Oct 2006 18:47:14 -0500 (CDT) Received: from dfwdamian.vail (dfwdamian.vail [192.168.129.233]) by dfsfbd06.vail (Postfix) with ESMTP id 789AE323E9F for ; Fri, 20 Oct 2006 18:47:14 -0500 (CDT) Received: from dfwdamian.vail (dwiest@localhost.vail [127.0.0.1]) by dfwdamian.vail (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k9KNlE40030324 for ; Fri, 20 Oct 2006 18:47:14 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from dwiest@localhost) by dfwdamian.vail (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k9KNlEQa025963 for FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org; Fri, 20 Oct 2006 18:47:14 -0500 (CDT) X-Authentication-Warning: dfwdamian.vail: dwiest set sender to dwiest@vailsys.com using -f Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 18:47:14 -0500 From: Damian Wiest To: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <20061020234714.GC29479@dfwdamian.vail> References: <4537DF7E.8070606@xxiii.com> <4537F1AA.4030601@dial.pipex.com> <20061019224401.GA7216@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061019224401.GA7216@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i Cc: Subject: Re: Recommended Hardware X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 23:47:15 -0000 On Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 05:44:01PM -0500, David Kelly wrote: > On Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 10:44:10PM +0100, Alex Zbyslaw wrote: > > > > Those have worked for me so far, and yes, it is labour intensive. > > If it was easy to do right then there wouldn't be any good reason for > your boss not to hire the kid behind the counter at MacWhopperDoodle > with a $0.50/hr raise to give your job to him. > > I agree with others. Ask what you want the hardware to do. Make > selections then research as to whether your selections work well with > FreeBSD. Don't fill a computer room on guesswork and reading, buy > samples and test. > > Of particualar areas to pay attention: > > Video controllers. Look for X.org support. > > Disk controllers. Hardware RAID and the latest SATA chipsets may be an > issue. > > Network interfaces. Most seem to work. > > Motherboard & CPU. FreeBSD seems to run on most any x86 but if you > expect on board power management and health status you'll have to do > some research. > > -- > David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net > ======================================================================== > Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad. > _______________________________________________ Regarding system boards, make sure you also check out the support for any on-board components like networks interfaces, RAID controllers, audio and video, firewire, etc. I've got an ASUS K8N-E system board at home, but it uses the NVIDIA chipset so virtually none of the on-board components function. -Damian