Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 11:06:15 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: kedar@asacomputers.com (Kedar) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Q:PCI bridges-extenders supported Message-ID: <199707110136.LAA21967@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19970710165015.011788b0@gw1> from Kedar at "Jul 10, 97 09:50:15 am"
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Kedar stands accused of saying: > At 10:04 AM 7/10/97 +0930, you wrote: > >This is an I20 board. Do not expect it to work with FreeBSD just yet. > > Oh, really? hmm.. I sent one of these boards to a gentleman who > was interested in installing either Linux or FreeBSD on it. Did not hear > any complaits. I will check up with him. Apologies for any confusion > caused. Did not mean to mislead. Whoa, hold it right there. All the information I had to hand (very little) indicated that I2O boards were _not_ fundamentally `PC-architecture` compatible. If you have actually had one out and running, then I will happily swap my tune. > Maybe the Intel PR440FX is a good idea then? 4 PCI slots, with the > NIC and Adaptec SCSI controller on-board. That'd be a lovely board 8) > On the I2O issue, I could probably work something out with > Supermicro. Let me see if they are willing to share any information. Please; first step in the game is always having the information. > Kedar. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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