Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 13:27:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Jason Convry <jconvry@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: questions Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808061326160.28098-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <19980804144525.27140.qmail@hotmail.com>
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On Tue, 4 Aug 1998, Jason Convry wrote: > Hi my name is Jason. I'm going to buy a computer for college(Virginia > Tech) and they use your FreeBSD system. I had some compatibility > questions.. (www.xfree86.org is down or something i can't get it) > Anyway, here is a couple of things i was going to get that i'd like to > know if they would be compatible or not: > > -AMD k6 -2 > -DVD Rom FreeBSD does not currently support DVD drives. > -video cards? either ati xpert@play or diamond viper (pci or agp?) > -Maxtor ultra ata HDD FreeBSD 2.2.x doesn't support drives over 8gb; you can get around that if you use -CURRENT. > -relisys monitor > -awe64 sound Everything else should be ok. > someone told me freebsd (or x windows) doesn't support dvd's and that i > wouldn't be able to use an agp graphics card; only pci. I thank you for > all your time. X will use AGP cards fine. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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