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Date:      Tue, 3 Aug 1999 10:58:28 -0700 ()
From:      Rick Hamell <hamellr@dsinw.com>
To:        "Andrej Brodnik (Andy)" <Andrej.Brodnik@IBC.IskraSistemi.Si>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Overloading my machine?
Message-ID:  <Pine.WNT.3.95.990803105703.-183329B-100000@akane>
In-Reply-To: <199908031334.PAA24143@Dolinca.IBC.IskraSistemi.Si>

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>   - three IDE disks
>   - floppy
>   - IDE CD-ROM
>   - three ep NIC
>   - Adaptec PCI bus SCSI adapter
> 
> Now, this is not a lot of  burden (I think) for the processor, but I'm
> a bit  afraid about the  architecture. Will this work?  In particular,
> I'm  worried about the  interrupts. Any  suggestions how  to configure
> them?

	If it's all PCI, let the system figure it out itself. Otherwise
put the SCSI adpter on 12, then the NIC cards on 9 10 and 11. Which will
leave IRQ5 open for COM 3 if you ever want to put in a modem or even a
sound card.

					Rick



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