From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 12 15:43:35 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 E6FFD106564A for ; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:43:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonicy@otenet.gr) Received: from runner.otenet.gr (runner.otenet.gr [195.170.0.106]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6ABA88FC19 for ; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:43:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonicy@otenet.gr) Received: from aiolos.otenet.gr (aiolos.otenet.gr [83.235.67.30]) by runner.otenet.gr (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m5CFevAD023405 for ; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:43:32 +0300 Received: from atlantis.dyndns.org (athedsl-4370416.home.otenet.gr [79.130.31.224]) by aiolos.otenet.gr (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m5CEHLGj002992; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:17:22 +0300 Message-ID: <48512FF5.60709@otenet.gr> Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:17:25 +0300 From: Manolis Kiagias User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080607) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Brad Mettee References: <4.3.2.7.2.20080612091523.0362dee8@mail.agoron.net> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20080612091523.0362dee8@mail.agoron.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 15:43:36 -0000 Brad Mettee wrote: > 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) > > If you are a total "noob" as you put it, you will have to put considerable amounts of time into this, understanding basic UNIX / FreeBSD concepts and such. May I suggest you start reading the handbook right away: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook Concerning the compatibility of your hardware, read the release notes: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/7.0R/hardware.html (I suggest you go with FreeBSD 7 unless there is any specific reason not to) The specs seem ok to me. The graphics card is unimportant for a server (nvidia cards work OK in general) and according to the specs you have a Marvel LAN supported by the msk(4) driver. It should work fine. To use your 4Gb RAM efficiently, go with the 64bit version of FreeBSD (known as "amd64")