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From: "Joseph Koshy" <joseph.koshy@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Problem installing FreeBSD
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> I downloaded FreeBSD 6.1 i386 and got problem
> installing because I was stuck when the system is
> trying to detect my SATA hard drive.  Below is
> the specs of my computer:
>
> AMD Athlon64 3200+
> 2x Geil DDR2 800mhz
> MSI K9N Neo-F Motherboard
> 2x 160 GB Western Digital Caviar

One suggestion would be to try FreeBSD 6.2 which was
recently released.

Are you looking at running this hardware with a
32-bit OS (FreeBSD/i386) or a 64-bit one (FreeBSD/amd64)?

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