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Cc: chilo <olihc17@yahoo.com>, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Motherboard  Recommendation for Freebsd 7.0 32-bit or 64-bit
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On Tue, 4 Nov 2008, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 03, 2008 at 11:05:19PM -0800, chilo wrote:
>> Hi guys I'm new when it comes to using Freebsd but can you recommend
>> me a motherboard(s) that will support Freebsd 7.0? It will have at
>> least RAID 1 configuration with full driver support. I'm planning to
>> install Freebsd to a clone PC so that I can continue my progress/self
>> training. Thank you very much.
>
> Most consumer motherboards will work.
>
> However, with regards to "RAID 1 configuration", what are you planning
> on using for RAID 1?  A RAID controller, or something like gmirror(8)
> which is software/OS-based RAID in FreeBSD?  (Most people will strongly
> recommend using software/OS-based RAID, for a lot of good reasons.)

I'm in the market for a decent motherboard also.  Been monitoring
slickdeals lately - newegg seems to have specials every now and
then on the ASUS P5Q Pro.  The reviews I've read seem pretty
positive on this board.  Anyone with any experience with this
board?

-- 
DE