From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Feb 18 16:21:38 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA20259 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 18 Feb 1998 16:21:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from tbird.cc.bellcore.com (tbird.cc.bellcore.com [128.96.96.114]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id QAA20244 for ; Wed, 18 Feb 1998 16:21:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from khansen@njcc.com) Received: from monolith.bellcore.com by tbird.cc.bellcore.com with SMTP id AA10818 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for ); Wed, 18 Feb 1998 19:26:02 -0500 Received: from khansen.cc.bellcore.com by monolith.bellcore.com (4.1/SMI-4.0) id AA20288; Wed, 18 Feb 98 19:20:50 EST Message-Id: <34EB7AEC.19FC@njcc.com> Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 19:21:00 -0500 From: Ken Hansen Reply-To: khansen@njcc.com Organization: Dis X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (Win16; I) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: Leif Neland Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Home computer for FreeBSD References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I think the install floppy is a good, valid test of the system EXCEPT for the video card, because the install disk does not run X Windows. But in most cases the real question is if the motherboard has any incompatabilities, and the install disk should point that out... Besides, video cards are a known entity, it is really just a matter of getting the model number and looking up XFree86 compatability on the net... Ken khansen@njcc.com Leif Neland wrote: > > At 18 Feb 98 19:25:41 sbabkin@dcn.att.com (2:234/49.99) wrote to All > regarding Home computer for FreeBSD in area "freebsd-hacker" > > s> I've moved to US and now came to the point when I can spend some > Is it safe to assume that if it can boot on the install-floppy, then it is > going to work? > > Leif Neland > leifn@image.dk > > --- > |Fidonet: Leif Neland 2:234/49 > |Internet: leifn@image.dk > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message