Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 20:53:00 -0500 (EST) From: Peter <petermatulis@yahoo.ca> To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Motherboards & FreeBSD [used to be "RE: Disappointed with version 6.0"] Message-ID: <20060315015300.93955.qmail@web60016.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNGEICFDAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
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--- Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> wrote: > >I'm setting up a new server on 6.0 I've been planning for a long > time > >and I am very disappointed with two critical issues. My motherboard > is > >the ASUS K8V-X SE that I chose because it was listed as compatible > at > >the FreeBSD/amd64 Project: > > > >http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/amd64/motherboards.html > > > > Peter, > > That's really a poor choice as a server board. You get right to the point don't you? :| > I don't know if you have a particular favorite of ASUS, but if your > selecting a motherboard to build a server around from ASUS's product > line you have to dig a bit. I don't mind digging a bit; I actually lean towards quality. And I'm not partial towards any one maker either. My main issue is in identifying boards that will have their components recognized by FreeBSD. Is there a secret resource I haven't found? Please oblige. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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