From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 19 8:14:48 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from out4.mx.nwbl.wi.voyager.net (out4.mx.nwbl.wi.voyager.net [169.207.1.77]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EA2C37B71A for ; Mon, 19 Mar 2001 08:14:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dpoland@execpc.com) Received: from earth.execpc.com (dpoland@earth.execpc.com [169.207.16.1]) by out4.mx.nwbl.wi.voyager.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f2JGEdN74680; Mon, 19 Mar 2001 10:14:40 -0600 (CST) Received: (from dpoland@localhost) by earth.execpc.com (8.9.0) id KAA07142; Mon, 19 Mar 2001 10:14:39 -0600 (CST) Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 10:14:39 -0600 From: Doug Poland To: Martin McCormick Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Does freebsd work well on Dell Platforms? Message-ID: <20010319101439.A6520@polands.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre3us In-Reply-To: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 09:54:44AM -0600, Martin McCormick wrote: > > Since wee can probably get the best deal on these > systems and since they seem to be generally very good, I am > asking as to whether there are any problems with running freebsd > on new high-end Dells? > > I know I have had fair to very good luck getting Linux to > work on Dell 266-MHZ dimensions so I know some platforms are > fussier than others. One system with a SCSI bus is basically > okay but with no sound yet. Another similar system with no SCSI > bus is fine but seems to take a long time to boot. At least its > sound works. > My $0.02... I've got 4.3-BETA running fine on an PII-400MHz Dimension (by no means a high-end machine). Simply had to set "Plug and Play OS" to no in the BIOS to get it to recognize PCI NIC and Soundblaster. No SCSI in this box :( -- Regards, Doug To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message