Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1999 23:34:18 -0400 (EDT) From: Kenneth Wayne Culver <culverk@wam.umd.edu> To: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> Cc: Jawad <rehzon@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBsd installation question Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95q.990606233255.18823A-100000@rac1.wam.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <199906070327.XAA14708@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
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> > Hi: > > > > I'm trying to install freebsd on my desktop system > > which already has win98. The only thing that stopped > > me installing it yet is whether all my peripheral > > devices would be supported by it or not. Here are the > > specs of my system: > > > > CPU: PENTIUM II > > RAM: 256 MB 100 MHZ SDRAM > > CDROM: TOSHIBA DVD ROM SD-M1202 > > VIDEO CARD: 16 MB STB nVidia TNT 3D AGP Graphics Card > > Check http://www.xfree86.org. FreeBSD itself does not care about > graphics cards. But if you want to run X... Check the X server does. > > > HARDDISK: MAXTOR 17.2 GB ULTRA ATA > > ( I have allocated 9 GB for win98 and rest is free ) > > MODEM: 3COM US Robotics V.90 PCI Telephony WinModem > ^^^^^^^^ > Dan already pointed out the evils of WinModems. It won't work for > Linux either. Heck, does NT handle them? > > > SOUND CARD: TURTLE BEACH MONTEGO II A3D 320 V > > Last I knew, this card was not supported. IIRC, there is only one PCI > driver of any type in an experimental stage. This may have changed. > Last I heard, Someone was working on the Turtle Beach Montego I driver (Aureal Vortex chip) but I havn't heard anything on it for a couple of weeks. > > ZIP DRIVE: IOMEGA ZIP 100 MB INTERNAL > > AND A EXTERNAL SCSI PHILIPS OMNI WRITER CD-RW DRIVE > -- > Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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