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Cc: Peter <scamatrallera@libero.it>
Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Asus A7N8X
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On Mon 23 May 05 04:46, Peter <scamatrallera@libero.it> wrote:
> Hi!
> I'm trying to install FreeBSD on my pc, but both 4.10 and 5.3, after
> installation , block at first boot.
> I know there is a problem whit my motherboard, ASUS A7N8X deluxe that
> it is not supported by FreeBSD.
> Can you tell me if 5.4 works on my motherboard? Or a site where I can
> download 4.9 that may be the last working relase on my asus.
>
> Thank you and have a nice day!
>
> p.s. sorry for my english...

I have that board and most everything works. There are some issues with 
the sk0 onboard ethernet (Marvell 88E8001), and RAID may be tricky/not 
supported using the onboard SATA controller, though I haven't tried it 
personally. You should use 5.x instead of 4.x, in this case use 
5.4-RELEASE. IIRC 4.x doesn't completely support the hardware.

- jt