Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 04:02:10 +0000 (GMT) From: Phillip Salzman <psalzman@gamefish.pcola.gulf.net> To: Jeff Hamilton <gandolf@gandolf.ml.org> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811120359570.1407-100000@gamefish.pcola.gulf.net> In-Reply-To: <199811120311.WAA09692@gandolf.ml.org>
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> I am currently running FreeBSD on a 486 DX2-50, and would like to > upgrade the system to something much faster. I have been looking at the > Cyrix MII-300, and it seems like a better buy for the money than a > Pentium or Pentium II. Yes, its a cool machine. > > Does anyone know of any problems or incompatibilities with this > processor and FreeBSD 2.2.7-STABLE or FreeBSD 3.0-RELEASE? > Umm, no. Its the x86 system. Shouldn't have any problems, unless maybe you try SMP. I doubt you will encounter anything that sucks. > Also, I have noticed that the NE2000 ethernet cards are only listed in > the ISA section of LINT. Are PCI NE2000 ethernet cards supported under > FreeBSD? Yes, they are. For a while I ran the PCI Realtek NE2000 clones. They did good, all I had to do was add "device ed" or something like that to my kernel - no problems. It detected automaticly, everything was fine. -- Phillip Salzman To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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