From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 3 9: 2:44 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mobil.cz (diana.mobil.cz [194.228.200.160]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB82B37B402 for ; Sun, 3 Mar 2002 09:02:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from ester.mobil.cz (ester.mobil.cz [194.213.62.23]) by mobil.cz (8.11.6/8.11.0) with ESMTP id g23H2b106566 for ; Sun, 3 Mar 2002 18:02:38 +0100 Received: from roman.mobil.cz ([10.2.0.89]) by ester.mobil.cz (Lotus Domino Release 5.0.7) with ESMTP id 2002030317584621:12416 ; Sun, 3 Mar 2002 17:58:46 +0100 Received: (from roman@localhost) by roman.mobil.cz (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g23HFUi25556 for questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 3 Mar 2002 18:15:30 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from neuhauser@mobil.cz) X-Authentication-Warning: roman.mobil.cz: roman set sender to neuhauser@mobil.cz using -f Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2002 18:15:29 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hardware notes (mobo recommendations?) Message-ID: <20020303171529.GI351@roman.mobil.cz> Mail-Followup-To: questions@freebsd.org References: <15489.29749.217013.819764@guru.mired.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.26i X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on ester/Mobil(Release 5.0.7 |March 21, 2001) at 03/03/2002 05:58:46 PM, Serialize by Router on ester/Mobil(Release 5.0.7 |March 21, 2001) at 03/03/2002 05:58:52 PM, Serialize complete at 03/03/2002 05:58:52 PM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > From: Jud > Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2002 21:45:08 -0500 > Subject: Re: hardware notes (mobo recommendations?) > > >Roman Neuhauser types: > >> I know I would be pissed off pretty much if I bought a KT266A- > >> based board just to find out that FreeBSD doesn't work with that. > > I recently bought an ASUS A7V-266E mobo (KT266A chipset) for less > than $160 that works beautifully with FBSD. It also has an on-board > Promise RAID chip that I believe is the same as the one in the Fasttrak > 100, which FBSD supports. Hm, I've seen more than one report of problems with the south bridge. What version of FreeBSD do you use on that machine? Do you run X? What about the onboard audio? Do you actually use the onboard RAID? "works beautifully" is a bit vague. -- FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE 6:11PM up 3 days, 19:19, 15 users, load averages: 0.15, 0.14, 0.10 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message