Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 14:52:18 +0000 From: Paul Breslaw <paul@breslaw.co.uk> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Dell Dimension 2400 Message-ID: <200311281452.18691.paul@breslaw.co.uk>
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I've just bought myself a nice spanking new Dimension 2400. My first task was to get RedHat Linux 8.0 running on it. My second task will be to get FreeBSD 4.9 also running on it. Getting Linux going was a pain. The X server didn't work, nor did the Ethernet board. I managed to solve both of these problems with a lot of searching on the Web. The X server problem was solved with a fix to XFree86 offered by Intel. I suspect this fix is portable, so will also work with FreeBSD. The Ethernet problem was solved by my discovering that the board is made by Broadcom (BCM4400) who also offer a Linux device driver, but not one for FreeBSD. What options do I have - if any? Thanks for any advice. Regards Paul Breslaw.
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