Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 20:23:52 -0700 From: "Dan O'Connor" <dan@jgl.reno.nv.us> To: "Raymond Lee" <raymondl@sfu.ca>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Hardware compatibility? Message-ID: <021001bee796$c52ca2a0$0200000a@home> References: <37B779EC.3F8A0C47@sfu.ca>
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Yes, FreeBSD 3.2 supports EIDE and Ultra-DMA drives just fine. By default (i.e., the GENERIC kernel), UDMA mode is not enabled, but you can enable it by rebuilding the kernel and adding "flags 0xa0ffa0ff" to the IDE controller definition in your kernel configuration file, e.g.: controller wdc0 at isa? port "IO_WD1" bio irq 14 flags 0xa0ffa0ff vector wdintr See the handbook (http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/kernelconfig.html) for info on building your own kernel. As far as your video card is concerned, FreeBSD will work, since it runs video in text-mode. If you think you'd like to run X-Windows (which you probably will), check out http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.4/ati3.html#3 , as well as other parts of the XFree86-project's FAQ. Basically, XFree86 supports 256 colors on most ATI cards, and 32K, 64K and 16M color modes on the 264xT and 3D Rage cards (athough acceleration is not yet supported). Apparently, the newer Rage 128 chips are not yet supported. Good luck! --Dan ** The thing I like most about Windows 98 is... ** You can download FreeBSD with it! ----- Original Message ----- From: Raymond Lee <raymondl@sfu.ca> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Sunday, August 15, 1999 7:39 PM Subject: Hardware compatibility? > I am an university student who is working on a project about operating > system. My PC has a hard drive with Ultra ATA interface. Would the > FreeBSD support the Enhanced IDE standard of my hard drive? My PC system > > has everything using Win95. If I start to build a new PC system using > FreeBSD, then do I need to get a video card driver for FreeBSD. ATI > supports only WIN95 driver for its products. Where can I get a new > driver. Would the FreeBSD support Quantum Fireball hard drive with ultra > DMA interface > > Raymond > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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