From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 12 14:02:19 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5E52106564A for ; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:02:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bmettee@pchotshots.com) Received: from mail.agoron.net (mail.agoron.net [38.119.227.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7276A8FC1F for ; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:02:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bmettee@pchotshots.com) Received: (qmail 21877 invoked by uid 89); 12 Jun 2008 13:35:32 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO dev2.pchotshots.com) (12.172.123.228) by mail.agoron.net with SMTP; 12 Jun 2008 13:35:32 -0000 Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20080612091523.0362dee8@mail.agoron.net> X-Sender: bmettee@pchotshots.com@mail.agoron.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:35:39 -0400 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Brad Mettee Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: new hardware - compatible? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:02:19 -0000 Hi all, I'm new to FreeBSD and don't have a lot of time to go digging through archives/info to find answers, so excuse this if it's a "noob" question. It's an emergency server build, and needs to be solid and fast. Will FreeBSD have any problems running on the following hardware? Which would be better FreeBSD 6.3 or 7? Intel Quad Core Extreme 3Ghz, LGA775 Asus P5K-E Motherboard (P35 chipset, Onboard LAN) 4G Kingston DDR 2 RAM (PC2 6400) Seagate 500G, SATA 2, 7200RPM GeForce 7200GS 128MB 32-bit GDDR2 PCI-E x16 Video Card (basically a cheap vid card) Samsung SATA CD-ROM Thanks in advance. (I've been building/running x86 boxes since DOS 3.3, just haven't had need of *nix environment yet, so I'm not total noob) Brad Mettee PC HotShots, Inc. Baltimore, MD (410) 426-7617 -> Let us bring out the *Power* of your PCs. <- -> Custom Business Software Solutions since 1991 <- visit http://www.pchotshots.com for information about our company.