From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 1 08:43:17 2003 Return-Path: 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 B589A16A4CE for ; Sat, 1 Nov 2003 08:43:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from be-well.ilk.org (lowellg.ne.client2.attbi.com [66.30.200.37]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 168D743F85 for ; Sat, 1 Nov 2003 08:43:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: by be-well.ilk.org (Postfix, from userid 1147) id 935CF3AB7; Sat, 1 Nov 2003 11:43:16 -0500 (EST) Sender: lowell@be-well.ilk.org To: knomadness References: <20031031063216.7884.qmail@web11908.mail.yahoo.com> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: 01 Nov 2003 11:43:16 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20031031063216.7884.qmail@web11908.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <443cd8rqe3.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Lines: 39 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: M/B Bios Settings X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2003 16:43:17 -0000 knomadness writes: > I am new to the unix, lunix and freebsd systems. I am > familiar with bios settings for win98se and xp, > however, i am not with freebsd or otherwise. > > I have 2 machines that i am building. one has a > Gigabyte GA-7VRXP(2.0) m/b and the other has an Asus > A7V333 m/b. > > In my bios settings, how should I set them for freebsd > 5.1?; Mostly, it shouldn't matter. Remember, however, that 5.x isn't really intended for neophytes. http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.1R/early-adopter.html > In Features Setup; Interrupt Mode- PIC or APIC? > > Are there any other bios settings that freebsd > requires or accepts? Don't change any BIOS settings from their defaults except to deal with observed problems. > When setting up the video card configuration in > X-windows, how do you indicate or direct it to use the > AGP slot not a PCI slot? Usually, by inserting a video card into an AGP slot instead of a PCI slot. If you have both installed, then the answer kind of depends on why you did that; the PC architecture doesn't deal well with such a configuration. > Are there any other idiosyncrasies that i need to be > aware of? It's usually best to try the install and deal with problems, rather than trying to anticipate problems that wouldn't have occurred anyway.