From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 3 11:37:58 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from pioneernet.net (pop3.pioneernet.net [208.240.196.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A9F837B5B5 for ; Thu, 3 Aug 2000 11:37:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chip@wiegand.org) Received: from wiegand.org [208.194.173.26] by pioneernet.net with ESMTP (SMTPD32-6.03) id AEC88ADC0144; Thu, 03 Aug 2000 11:49:44 -0700 Message-ID: <3989BD04.DFF1739A@wiegand.org> Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 11:42:12 -0700 From: Chip X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chris McNett Cc: unniix@hotmail.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: want freebsd References: <20000803182114.5703.qmail@hotmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG The hardware compatibility info is located here - http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/hardware.html It's kinda buried, but you should consider buying the Complete FreeBSD Handbook by Greg Lehey. It's by far the best resource for new users and a very good reference overall. -- Chip W. www.wiegand.org Alternative Operating Systems Chris McNett wrote: > It's generally compatible with everything. However, I don't think scroll > mice are supported yet. Also, make sure you don't make any mistakes with > the 1024 cylinder limit. > > Also, the Athlon was a good choice. I already have two Athlons and love > them. > > Do you plan to dual boot with another OS? > > >From: "aj ace" > >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > >Subject: want freebsd > >Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 05:27:37 GMT > > > >hi im interested in buying your freebsd 4.0 package as soon as possible but > >i cant seem to be able to find out if my hardware is compatible. I > >searched > >your site but still no luck. If you can tell me if my hardware is > >compatible > >it would be greatly apprcieated. This is a list of my hardware: > >CPU: AMD Athlon 600Mhz Motherboard: ASUS K7MWOA ATX Cooling Fan: > >Fan for K7, dual fan > > > >Memory: 128MB PC100 SDRAM Hard Drive: Western Digital 18.1GB UDMA IDE > >Floppy: Mitsume 1.44 > > > >Video Card: Diamond Viper V770 Ultra Monitor: Sony Triniton .25 17in > >CD-ROM: Mitsumi 48X INT IDE CD_ROM > > > >Sound Card: Sound Blaster Live Value Speaker: Altec Lansing ACS45.2 > >Modem: US Robotics 2977 56K V90 PCI > > > >Keyboard: Microsoft natural feel Mouse: Microsoft Scroll PS2 > > > >________________________________________________________________________ > >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message