Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2003 12:14:35 -0500 From: Vulpes Velox <kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com> To: Ruben =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Thor=E9?= <c_h_e_s_r_o_n-259@mad.scientist.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Does FreeBSD supports my hardware? Message-ID: <20030705121435.37db3f99.kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com> In-Reply-To: <20030704095245.8000.qmail@mail.com> References: <20030704095245.8000.qmail@mail.com>
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Providing more detailed info on the machine would be of use... such as chip= set and ect... On Fri, 04 Jul 2003 10:52:45 +0100 Ruben Thor=E9 <c_h_e_s_r_o_n-259@mad.scientist.com> wrote: >=20 > Hi, >=20 > I'm interested in all unix-based OS's, so I'm now reading about > FreeBSD. I would like to install it, but I would like to know if it > will run (optimal) on my system. >=20 > My PC is a Packard Bell Imedia5800 TNT RW, with a 20 Gb harddrive, > which is designed for WinME. My hardrive is split up in two FAT32 > partitions: >=20 > "C:" =3D about 15 Gb, "D:" =3D about 4-5 Gb. Neither of those should be a problem. I have 4 much larger drives in my ser= ver. > My Graphical card is a NVidia TNT2 Model64. FreeBSD, just like linux and other unix clones, is not responsible for this= for the large part. This is handled by the X server. There is a bit handled by = the OS, but that is mainly the drm kernel module, which is needed for X to do s= ome things. This card is supported under X using the nv drivers and there are d= rivers available from NVidia that will that may or may not work from that card. > I have a bit knowledge of Linux, so I know already something about > partitioning. But there were a few problems with this SuSE Linux 6.2. > First of all, the program Fdisk of SuSE gave me an error while > partitioning (I was creating a Linux Swap en Linux Native partition on > "D:"). It was something like this: > > Your disk is setup to ..., there's nothing wrong with that, but it > could cause certain setup problems with software that runs while > booting, etc. ... It's recommend that you set the disk to 1024 (I > think) cilinders. Sounds like something was done wrong when setting it up... =20 > I hope you know what I mean, could this be also a problem while > installing FreeBSD. Another problem was my graphical card, which > wasn't supported yet, so I couldn't run KDE, etc. The third and last > serious problem was, when linux was installed (however, not correct), > that after I gave the command "shutdown ...", I couldn't close my PC! > Under Windows, if I want to shutdown my computer it does that > automatically. Maybe it has something to do with my BIOS settings, can > you help me if this could cause problems with FreeBSD? FreeBSD should most likely work. BTW that gfx card should be supported by X= . It sounds like something was wack with the linux distro, which is not really surprising. BTW if you are thinking about using KDE, I would really suggest not and try= ing some blackbox clone. Fluxbox is nice. =20 > Another thing is my modem. In Windows I've my modem name: MR2800-W > Data Fax Modem, and it's produced by AZT or Smartlink. Is that a > winmodem or not? >=20 > I hope you can help me! >=20 > Regards, >=20 > Ruben Thor=E9. >=20 > my homepage: [1]http://members.lycos.nl/gibbor/ > -- >=20 > _______________________________________________ > Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at [2]Mail.com > [3]CareerBuilder.com has over 400,000 jobs. Be smarter about your job > search >=20 > References >=20 > 1. http://members.lycos.nl/gibbor/ > 2. http://www.mail.com/?sr=3Dsignup > 3. http://corp.mail.com/careers > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg"
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