From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 7 09:30:08 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C47C16A4CE for ; Thu, 7 Apr 2005 09:30:08 +0000 (GMT) Received: from hotmail.com (bay10-f54.bay10.hotmail.com [64.4.37.54]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCD0743D1F for ; Thu, 7 Apr 2005 09:30:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dmx3040@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 7 Apr 2005 02:30:07 -0700 Message-ID: Received: from 80.231.218.13 by by10fd.bay10.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Thu, 07 Apr 2005 09:30:07 GMT X-Originating-IP: [80.231.218.13] X-Originating-Email: [dmx3040@hotmail.com] X-Sender: dmx3040@hotmail.com In-Reply-To: From: "samuel kirk" To: jerrymc@msu.edu, zhane1@gmail.com Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 05:30:07 -0400 X-Priority: 1 Importance: High Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 Apr 2005 09:30:07.0737 (UTC) FILETIME=[6330EE90:01C53B54] cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Hi please help X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 09:30:08 -0000 Hi dear jerry one question is what do u mean intel clone and second mine is a sempron 2200 on a msi board i just would liek if u can tell me if it is supported sinc eimn having trouble finding it and third i was wondering if u can tell me and i dont knwo much about the i386 stuff going on but i think im sure ad sempron 2200 will be using i386 please reply soon thank-you >From: "Jerold McAllister" >To: zhane H >CC: questions@FreeBSD.org, dmx3040@hotmail.com >Subject: Re: Hi please help >Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2005 10:34:56 -0400 > >zhane H writes: > >>Hi dear staff at freebsd > >NOTE: FreeBSD does not have a "staff". Everyone is a volunteer. >But people understand what you mean by your greeting. > >>How may i check whether the hardware in my pc is supporte by freebsd >>5.3 > >If you look on the FreeBSD web site at: http://www.freebsd.org/ >you will see two releases listed over on the right hand side of the page. >Under each there is a link called 'Hardware Notes' which will take you >to a page that lists types of CPU. Click on one of those and you >will get a list of hardware categories. Click on those to get specific >lists of hardware devices. If you can find your hardware in those lists, >you should have no problem. The difficult thing comes up when you have >an item such as a sound card which uses the same chip as listed in one >of the devices but it doesn't list your specific device model. Most of the >time, it will also work, but no-one has tested it so they don't know for >sure. > >> and also i would liek to ask whcih one of freebsd do i install as i >>dont understand if i ahve to do i386 or some other one im instaling it >>on a msi board amd sempron 2200 with samsung cd-rw and a 10 gig >>seagate hdd > >If your CPU is an Intel type (including AMD 'clone') then choose i386 >type. Only if you know your CPU is one of the others such as Alpha >or sparc64 should you install for those. All regular PCs are the i386 >type. > >NOTE, by the way, that FreeBSD 5.4 is scheduled to come out at the end >of this month. It will have many improvements over 5.3. You may not >want to wait to start hands on learning, but you may want to just install >and experiment for now and then completely reinstall when 5.4 is released. > >Good luck, > >////jerry > >> >>Please contact me back as soon possible as im in very urgent need of help! >> >> >>Sincerely Zhan >>_______________________________________________ >>freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > >