From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 13 12:27:00 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA24818 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 13 Nov 1998 12:27:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA24810 for ; Fri, 13 Nov 1998 12:26:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA02254; Fri, 13 Nov 1998 12:26:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 12:26:20 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: Jeff Hamilton cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: your mail In-Reply-To: <199811120311.WAA09692@gandolf.ml.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 11 Nov 1998, Jeff Hamilton wrote: > > Hi. > > I am currently running FreeBSD on a 486 DX2-50, and would like to > upgrade the system to something much faster. I have been looking at the > Cyrix MII-300, and it seems like a better buy for the money than a > Pentium or Pentium II. > > Does anyone know of any problems or incompatibilities with this > processor and FreeBSD 2.2.7-STABLE or FreeBSD 3.0-RELEASE? FreeBSD will support the Cyrix CPUs fine. You are aware that you'll need a new motherboard. > Also, I have noticed that the NE2000 ethernet cards are only listed in > the ISA section of LINT. Are PCI NE2000 ethernet cards supported under > FreeBSD? Yes, they share from the ISA ed driver. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message