Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1999 23:27:11 -0400 (EDT) From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> To: rehzon@yahoo.com (Jawad) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBsd installation question Message-ID: <199906070327.XAA14708@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> In-Reply-To: <19990607025651.3466.rocketmail@web121.yahoomail.com> from Jawad at "Jun 6, 99 07:56:51 pm"
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Jawad wrote, > Hi: > > I'm trying to install freebsd on my desktop system > which already has win98. The only thing that stopped > me installing it yet is whether all my peripheral > devices would be supported by it or not. Here are the > specs of my system: > > CPU: PENTIUM II > RAM: 256 MB 100 MHZ SDRAM > CDROM: TOSHIBA DVD ROM SD-M1202 > VIDEO CARD: 16 MB STB nVidia TNT 3D AGP Graphics Card Check http://www.xfree86.org. FreeBSD itself does not care about graphics cards. But if you want to run X... Check the X server does. > HARDDISK: MAXTOR 17.2 GB ULTRA ATA > ( I have allocated 9 GB for win98 and rest is free ) > MODEM: 3COM US Robotics V.90 PCI Telephony WinModem ^^^^^^^^ Dan already pointed out the evils of WinModems. It won't work for Linux either. Heck, does NT handle them? > SOUND CARD: TURTLE BEACH MONTEGO II A3D 320 V Last I knew, this card was not supported. IIRC, there is only one PCI driver of any type in an experimental stage. This may have changed. > ZIP DRIVE: IOMEGA ZIP 100 MB INTERNAL > AND A EXTERNAL SCSI PHILIPS OMNI WRITER CD-RW DRIVE -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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