Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 10:45:17 -0800 From: Eric Hodel <hodeleri@seattleu.edu> To: Mark Thomas <thomas@pmpro.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Hardware configuration Message-ID: <3655B8BD.8E34D67F@seattleu.edu> References: <3.0.6.32.19981118103615.0081b750@pmpro.com>
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You may wish to consider the P2x-S motherboards. Although this will necessitate using 3.0-RELEASE. The driver that runs the 789x chipset (as well as others) is reputed to be the most tweaked for 3.0-RELEASE. If you go with the P2B motherboard, you get the advantage of using up to a 600 MHz chip (if/when they are released.) I also have seen specs on the Celeron-333 that shows it just a smidgen under the full blown PII-333, at least in Winblows. Eric Hodel hodeleri@seattleu.edu Mark Thomas wrote: > > I'm currently considering setting up a pair of FreeBSD systems pretty much > from scratch. System 1 is going to be a firewall, system 2 a web server and > ftp host. Right now I'm looking at the following hardware for these systems: > > System 1: > ASUS P2L97 motherboard (P-II 266|300|333) > 128 MB RAM > 32x IDE CD-ROM > 1.44 Floppy > 3C9XX 3COM ethernet cards > Single 2GB(+-) EIDE HD > Cheap trident ISA video card > > System 2: > ASUS P2L97 motherboard (P II 266|300|333) > 128 MB RAM > 1.44 Floppy > 3C9XX 3COM ethernet cards > 32x IDE CD-ROM (or SCSI) > Adaptec 2940 > 2 4GB SCSI HD > Cheap trident ISA video card > > Eventually I'm planning on running the consoles to a serial connection, so > the video cards are non-critical. > > Can anyone suggest improvements to these configurations? > > ----- > Mark > Mark Thomas -- pmpro, inc. -- thomas@pmpro.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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