From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 21 20:37:58 2003 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 3AB5537B401 for ; Sat, 21 Jun 2003 20:37:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.us2.messagingengine.com (ny2.fastmail.fm [66.111.4.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4168A43FB1 for ; Sat, 21 Jun 2003 20:37:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from judmarc@fastmail.fm) Received: from www.fastmail.fm (server1.internal [10.202.2.132]) by server2.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7D136FA45; Sat, 21 Jun 2003 23:37:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 127.0.0.1 ([127.0.0.1] helo=www.fastmail.fm) by messagingengine.com with SMTP; Sat, 21 Jun 2003 23:37:53 -0400 X-Epoch: 1056253073 X-Sasl-enc: wLsT6SWaH/TXfIAEsRJTlA Received: from sparky (dialup-67.74.79.234.Dial1.Philadelphia1.Level3.net [67.74.79.234]) by www.fastmail.fm (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7E54262B5; Sat, 21 Jun 2003 23:37:47 -0400 (EDT) To: Vulpes Velox , Gilligan References: <3EF4D7C7.F619603C@nycap.rr.com> <20030622230452.5a4986b4.kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com> Message-ID: From: Jud Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=utf-8 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 23:37:50 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20030622230452.5a4986b4.kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com> User-Agent: Opera7.20/Win32 M2 build 2957 cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Abit IT-7 motherboard 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: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 03:37:58 -0000 On Sun, 22 Jun 2003 23:04:52 -0500, Vulpes Velox = wrote: > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.8R/hardware-i386.html > http://www.freebsd.org/ports/index.html > > There is info on what hardware is supported and a list of various = > programs that exist in the portstree. > >> From my experience FreeBSD is far simpler to get up and running than = >> windows is. > It is much quicker to install than windows is, too. > > On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 18:10:15 -0400 > Gilligan wrote: > >> I am a complete newbie when it comes to FreeBSD and I am interested i= n >> running it getting so I can't afford Windows pgms). I looked on the >> FreeBSD web site but I cannot find any info on if I can run it. >> (Windows requires the drivers (Highpoint 374) for the ide drives) Als= o >> if I will be able to use my HP DVD-R/W drive. (I just want to be able= to >> use it as a CD-RW). >> Help! >> >> Thanks >> Doug Even if you don't see your hardware listed, why not make a partition = ("slice" in FreeBSD parlance) and try to install it? If something doesn= 't = work, well, you haven't lost any money. At that point you might try Lin= ux = (Gentoo, while not necessarily the easiest distro to install, is probabl= y = the one most similar to some aspects of FreeBSD), because the larger Lin= ux = user base tends to result in quicker availability of drivers. Jud