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From: Jim Durham <durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us>
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To: Corey Holcomb-Hockin <crsntlvs@ipeg.com>
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Subject: Re: Athlon XP motherboards that work well with FreeBSD
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On Thu, 10 Oct 2002, Corey Holcomb-Hockin wrote:

> I've been having trouble with my a7a-133.  I had trouble with XFree86, 
> and with a tv card.   I'd like to know some motherboards that work well 
> with FreeBSD?
> 
> Someone didn't have the same troubles with  soltek SL-75DRV2 
> <http://www1.soltek.com.tw/English/product/75drv2.htm>
> 
> I've bought asus card because my hp pavillion had a asus card with a via 
> chipset.  I read after that they don't document their boards so that 
> open source developers can support all the features easily.  Whats a 
> more open motherboard brand?  Are Via chipsets the best supported? The 
> card I'm having trouble with has a acer chipset.
> 

The A-Open AK77Pro runs very nicel with 4.6.2. I'm using
vinum in Raid 1 on it and it's greased lightning.

A friend who owns an ISP is using it all over his plant also.

-Jim



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