From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 28 13:25:57 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C4B437B401 for ; Wed, 28 May 2003 13:25:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pantheon-po01.its.yale.edu (pantheon-po01.its.yale.edu [130.132.50.18]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 212D343F93 for ; Wed, 28 May 2003 13:25:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lukas.muehlethaler@yale.edu) Received: from [130.132.244.231] (ppp130132244231.student.yale.edu [130.132.244.231])h4SKPrv13794 for ; Wed, 28 May 2003 16:25:53 -0400 (EDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 16:25:12 -0500 To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org From: Lukas Muehlethaler Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-YaleITSMailFilter: Version 1.0c (attachment(s) not renamed) Subject: Hardware X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 20:25:57 -0000 Dear listmembers, I am using Mac OS 10.2 on an iBook and want to have a simple and inexpensive FreeBSD desktop computer at home. I am offered a used Dell Dimension 4100 Pentium III 1Ghz, 133 Mhz SDRAM with an 16 inch monitor for 300 bucks. Has anybody on the list experience with running FreeBSD on such a machine? I checked on the net and found that there are some FreeBSD installation issues with the BIOS and the firmware of these machines which can be solved with an update from the Dell website. Any other suggestions, tips and hints are very welcome, Lukas