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From: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert)
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Subject: Re: Intel Triton Chipset...
To: john@pyromania.apana.org.au (John Herks)
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 95 19:01:22 MDT
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> I am have been running FreeBSD 2.0R on a SOYO/Intel Neptune chipset P90 
> motherboard for the last few months. I am using a NCR PCI SCSI Controller.
> 
> Everything has been running fine..
> 
> I am about to upgrade to a SOYO/Intel Triton chipset P100 motherboard and 
> I was wondering if there would be any problems running FreeBSD 2.0R with 
> this new chipset ?

You will be able to use more than 2 bus mastering PCI devices (good).
You will not be able to use parity memory (bad).

Should run fine.

Should run "better than fine" if you can get EDO cache RAM.

Rod sells the EDO cache RAM when he has it.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@cs.weber.edu
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