From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Mar 19 18:16:37 2021 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E18357D670 for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2021 18:16:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@johnea.net) Received: from johnea.net (johnea.net [75.60.233.73]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4F2BtD3Bzzz3PVn for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2021 18:16:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@johnea.net) Received: from [192.168.100.201] (w520.johnea.net [192.168.100.201]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by johnea.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 65A455F236F4 for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2021 11:16:34 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: OS to replace FreeBSD To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20210319101040.00005c35@seibercom.net> <6054BE1B.50706@gmail.com> <20210319130249.000042a1@seibercom.net> <5a8cf0be-646a-a433-2428-9700a47c1bf0@att.net> <20210319140448.00007521@seibercom.net> From: freebsd@johnea.net Message-ID: Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2021 11:16:33 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20210319140448.00007521@seibercom.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4F2BtD3Bzzz3PVn X-Spamd-Bar: --- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=johnea.net; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of freebsd@johnea.net designates 75.60.233.73 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=freebsd@johnea.net X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.90 / 15.00]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; RBL_DBL_DONT_QUERY_IPS(0.00)[75.60.233.73:from]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:75.60.233.73]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; SPAMHAUS_ZRD(0.00)[75.60.233.73:from:127.0.2.255]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[johnea.net,none]; FROM_NO_DN(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:7018, ipnet:75.48.0.0/12, country:US]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW(-0.10)[75.60.233.73:from] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2021 18:16:37 -0000 On 3/19/21 11:04 AM, Jerry wrote: > I had considered using a different flavor of BSD. I still might. > However, I also happen to have a spare HD that I could plug into the > system, install Windows 10 Pro and Hyper V and then see if FreeBSD 12.x > or newer works correctly. That would only take a short amount of time. > I just need to do it at night so I can take the system offline. > > It probably won't work, but if FreeBSD is isolated from the hardware, > it might be all that is needed in the short run. > > -- Jerry You should really consider trying some version of linux as well. Whatever you're most familiar with. Arch is considered "bleeding edge" and you'll get something very close to the latest version of kernel and applications. Void uses a runit init system with no systemd, and an architecture that is more similar than other linux distributions to the BSD way. Any linux distribution will still give you _the_ linux kernel, so which distribution is chosen probably doesn't matter that much. Use whatever is easiest for you. Also, this testing of linux USB3 on this particular problematic hardware could give additional insights into the problem on FreeBSD... johnea