From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 17 08:32:38 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 EFA1F37B401 for ; Thu, 17 Apr 2003 08:32:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.clubplus.net (mail.clubplus.net [216.191.22.200]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0DCC43F75 for ; Thu, 17 Apr 2003 08:32:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from iaccounts@northnetworks.ca) Received: from skytrackercanada.com (cust29.209.188.66.dsl.accessv.com [209.188.66.29]) by mail.clubplus.net (8.12.7/8.12.7) with ESMTP id h3HFZ441027126 for ; Thu, 17 Apr 2003 11:35:07 -0400 Received: (from root@localhost) by skytrackercanada.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) id h3HFWVP1007080 for questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 17 Apr 2003 11:32:31 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from iaccounts@northnetworks.ca) Received: from skytrackercanada.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by skytrackercanada.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h3HFW2hG007048; Thu, 17 Apr 2003 11:32:13 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from david@skytrackercanada.com) Received: (from david@localhost) by skytrackercanada.com (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h3HFW27r007047; Thu, 17 Apr 2003 11:32:02 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from david) Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 11:32:02 -0400 From: David Banning To: Steve Bertrand Message-ID: <20030417113202.A6843@skytrackercanada.com> References: <20030416141432.M99389@skytrackercanada.com> <20030417102938.S93805-100000@diana.northnetworks.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20030417102938.S93805-100000@diana.northnetworks.ca>; from iaccounts@northnetworks.ca on Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 10:32:55AM -0400 X-scanner: scanned by Inflex 0.1.5c - (http://www.inflex.co.za/) X-RAVMilter-Version: 8.4.2(snapshot 20021217) (mail) cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what machines run freebsd X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 15:32:39 -0000 On Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 10:32:55AM -0400, Steve Bertrand wrote: > > I am purchasing a new machine and I want to make sure that it runs > > freebsd without any problem. I seem to recollect, going back in history, > > that "integrated" boards gave problems. These days, integrated boards > > are the norm. I know that Abit and Asus used to be a good bet. What > > about Intel boards? > > > > Is there any rule of thumb, or good pointers, or "absolutely avoid" > > suggestions? > > I had problems with SIS-630 hardware. All my Intel 810/810e PC's work good > though. > > Also, the Asus AN266-V mobo's work very fast with AMD 1800+ CPU's. $550 > CDN for the entire setup on the latter equipment. > > Just out of curiosity, what will the box be for? Running a server for a small company. It has about 6 users. It is running a SVR4 database package, hylafax and serving web pages, but it is doing everything on a pretty small scale. The only advice I have gotten so far is to avoid AMD because most of the board testers use Intel. I don't know about SiS. One guys likes it, two others don't. I will have to look into how prevalent it is. I thought there would be a wide selection of boards that have problems. I worked on a windows system yesterday that was an integrated Dell system which had built-in everything. I had to get some special Dell driver to run the network section. I can't imagine that freebsd would run -that- network device. I thought that there would be a number of board makers out there that make integrated systems that have mostly win-components on their boards.