Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 16:39:50 -0500 From: Anclo <anclo@anclo.com> To: Harald Schmalzbauer <h@schmalzbauer.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VIA Tech Mini-ITX Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.0.20031226161341.02ac91a0@imap.telissant.com> In-Reply-To: <200312262206.51975@harrymail> References: <1072472355.3feca12314771@vmail.3dresearch.com> <1072472355.3feca12314771@vmail.3dresearch.com>
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At 04:06 PM 12/26/2003, you wrote: >On Friday 26 December 2003 21:59, Anclo wrote: > > I'm considering to build a small VIA Tech Mini-ITX system using the C3 800 > > MHz motherboard/CPU or the Eden 533 MHz. This box would serve as a > > gateway/router. > > > > Has anyone have experience with VIA Tech Mini-ITX motherboards? I'd like to > > use it to run 4.9-RELEASE. > > > > Any advice would be appreciated - I'd hate to find out that there is no > > FreeBSD driver for the built-in network card... > >I'm using a older C3 800 miniITX without any problem. >AFAIK even the latest miniITX has the "VIA Rhine" chipset for ethernet. Also >the PLE266 should work, but of course you cannot use the mpeg2 decoder. Don't >know any OS which could make use of it. > >-Harry Harry, many thanx - my 10 year old system which I just set up as gateway has expired and I figured that a C3 800 would be a relatively inexpensive replacement. Just curious - what driver does your system say it uses for the C3 800 miniITX's NIC? Anclo
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