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Date:      Sat, 21 Apr 2012 22:22:11 -0700
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org>
To:        Barney Cordoba <barney_cordoba@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 7 on Newer MBs
Message-ID:  <4F939583.9020408@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <1335008989.85136.YahooMailClassic@web126004.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
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On 4/21/12 4:49 AM, Barney Cordoba wrote:
> For a variety of reasons I have a client stuck on FreeBSD 7.0 and they're interested in getting a MB that uses the latest CPUS. They're just using the console, so there are no graphics; can someone provide insight as to whether this would be expected to work without serious problems?

"should"  but I'd find one somewhere and try a thumb drive out on it.
7.0 is not so far in the past that there has been any big 
architectural change that affects the kernel.

some drivers may not run in the most optimal way. (some sata stuff for 
example) bit it should run.

> BC
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