From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 4 07:35:56 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id HAA11015 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 4 Jan 1996 07:35:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.bbcc.ctc.edu (MAIL.BBCC.CTC.EDU [134.39.180.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id HAA11007 for ; Thu, 4 Jan 1996 07:35:52 -0800 (PST) Received: by localhost from mail.bbcc.ctc.edu (router,WinSmtp -Win16- V1.07beta1.8); Thu, 04 Jan 1996 07:33:30 PST Received: from johna.bbcc.ctc.edu by mail.bbcc.ctc.edu (134.39.180.47::mail daemon; unverified,WinSmtp -Win16- V1.07beta1.8); Thu, 04 Jan 1996 07:32:52 PST Comments: Authenticated sender is From: John Anderson Organization: Big Bend Comm College To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Sun, 31 Dec 1995 21:04:29 -8 Subject: buying a computer, will it work? Reply-to: John Anderson Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.0-WB1) Message-Id: <19960104073330.04801aab.in@mail.bbcc.ctc.edu> Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Hi, I'm new to this list and this type of OS so please forgive any stupid questions. Looking at buying a computer to use as a FreeBSD machine and would like to know if it is compatible, suggestions, comments and when I install FreeBSD will it find all of the components? Intel Pentium 100Mhz processor 16 MB Ram, 256 Cache 1.4 MB Floppy Adaptec 2940 PCI SCSI Controller 1 GB Fast SCSI HD 3 Com PCI 32 Bits Ethernet Card VGA Display Card Keytronic 101 Keyboard Toshiba 4X CD-Rom Thank you for your help and patience John Anderson