Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 11:32:02 -0400 From: David Banning <david@skytracker.ca> To: Steve Bertrand <iaccounts@northnetworks.ca> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what machines run freebsd Message-ID: <20030417113202.A6843@skytrackercanada.com> In-Reply-To: <20030417102938.S93805-100000@diana.northnetworks.ca>; from iaccounts@northnetworks.ca on Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 10:32:55AM -0400 References: <20030416141432.M99389@skytrackercanada.com> <20030417102938.S93805-100000@diana.northnetworks.ca>
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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.
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