Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 15:17:01 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: murrayp@sfu.ca Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: getting an amd64 system Message-ID: <20040907221701.GB2826@odin.ac.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <200409070255.i872tZO2016512@rm-rstar.sfu.ca> References: <200409070255.i872tZO2016512@rm-rstar.sfu.ca>
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--jq0ap7NbKX2Kqbes Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Sep 06, 2004 at 07:55:35PM -0700, murrayp@sfu.ca wrote: > Hi, >=20 > I'm thinking of purchasing a new amd64 system. I have used freeBSD on an > amd64 for about 4-5 months now, so I am somewhat familiar with it, but I > only know a bit. I am going to put freeBSD5.2.1 on the new system and I > have a few concerns about some of the hardware on this new system: >=20 > 1) This system comes with a DVDRW drive, I assume that burning DVD's is w= ell > defined (possible) by now is it? burncd(8) should work for the actual burning. We don't currently have support for DVD+-RW optimized file systems. > 2) I'm getting an Asus Radeon 9600XT 128MB AGP w/DVI for my video card. = Is > this supported, or is this a big mistake? If so, is there a comparable > video card that is supported? I'm not really up on video hardware support, but just about everything will work with X. Accelleration may be another story. > 3) I am connecting to a wireless network. Is WiFi supported in 5.2.1? for > any of the cards out there? If not, is WiFi supported in FreeBSD, period > (ie: for any systems, including an i386, etc?) Many wireless devices are supported natively. The rest are generally supported in i386 mode using ndis(4) (aka project evil). Once 64-bit Windows support becomes common, amd64 ndis support will probably happen. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --jq0ap7NbKX2Kqbes Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBPjNdXY6L6fI4GtQRAoudAKDVnK9giNuOcJpp2O63GQZe81ZwHwCfZjF5 TcgAdndqU9l2P7rYZktbCoI= =plQl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --jq0ap7NbKX2Kqbes--
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