From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Mar 2 18:45:25 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp6.mindspring.com (smtp6.mindspring.com [207.69.200.110]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADFCB37B419 for ; Sat, 2 Mar 2002 18:45:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from dialup-63.214.197.185.dial1.philadelphia1.level3.net ([63.214.197.185] helo=sparky) by smtp6.mindspring.com with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16hLzs-00037k-00; Sat, 02 Mar 2002 21:45:12 -0500 From: Jud To: Roman Neuhauser , "Mike Meyer" Cc: questions@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2002 21:45:08 -0500 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) In-Reply-To: <15489.29749.217013.819764@guru.mired.org> Message-Id: Subject: Re: hardware notes (mobo recommendations?) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Mailer: Opera 6.02 build 1048 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 3/2/2002 7:54:13 PM, "Mike Meyer" wrote: >Roman Neuhauser types: >> why doesn't the 'supported hardware' page list mobos/chipsets? > >Because the definition of "supported" is so vague. > >> I know I would be pissed off pretty much if I bought a KT266A- based >> board just to find out that FreeBSD doesn't work with that. I recently bought an ASUS A7V-266E mobo (KT266A chipset) for less than $160 that works beautifully with FBSD. It also has an on-board Promise RAID chip that I believe is the same as the one in the Fasttrak 100, which FBSD supports. Jud To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message