From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 1 15:58: 7 2002 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 87EFA37B401 for ; Fri, 1 Nov 2002 15:58:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from rwcrmhc52.attbi.com (rwcrmhc52.attbi.com [216.148.227.88]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41FAD43E4A for ; Fri, 1 Nov 2002 15:58:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fozekizer@attbi.com) Received: from hume ([12.210.153.247]) by rwcrmhc52.attbi.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with SMTP id <20021101235806.YJCN27144.rwcrmhc52.attbi.com@hume>; Fri, 1 Nov 2002 23:58:06 +0000 Message-ID: <001d01c28201$f48d6300$32040101@hume> From: "Charles Pelletier" To: "Mike Hogsett" , References: <200211012355.gA1NtR1J022275@axp.csl.sri.com> Subject: Re: installation question Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2002 17:54:02 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > I don't really think it makes much of a difference. Support for the card > will depend much more on the version of X you have installed and whether > that version supports the card (assuming you will be running X). If it is > just for the system console I don't believe it will matter at all, unless > downtime is a consideration. If it is I would combine the card install > with the 4.7 upgrade reboot downtime. > > - Mike > > > I've got a 'new' old video card that i want to put in my bsd box. Should I > > wait until I've upgraded to 4.7 before i do it or should I do that prior to > > upgrading? > > Opinions? Reasons? also, i do not have x right now..the old card couldn't support it. the new one can. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message