Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 00:49:25 -0600 (MDT) From: clint@netway.net (Clinton Hogge) To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: GW2000 Hardware Compatibility Message-ID: <v02130502afa69f871883@[207.147.17.46]>
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Hello all, I'm new to this list and to FreeBSD. My company has authorized the purchase of a PC to run FreeBSD (alone) for various Internet services. I would appreciate your feedback related to compatibility with the following hardware so we can make a wise purchasing decision... -------- Gateway 2000 G6-200/Pentium Pro 200 MHZ/128 MB Ram 2 Gig Seagate SCSI with Adaptec 2940 adapter SMC PCI 10/100 network card Mitsumi 12x IDE CD-ROM Internal Zip Drive (I assume it's IDE) -------- I saw in the online docs that any SCSI drive should work with the supported SCSI adapters (including the Adaptec 2940), and that the SMC card should also work without troubles. Where I'm still confused, though, is with the Gateway standard IDE CD-ROM and Zip Drive. If FreeBSD is to boot up on the 2 Gig SCSI, then will I be able to install it via Walnut Creek CD using the IDE CD-ROM? Also, will I be able to use the IDE Zip Drive with our new system? If it would be easier (for our sanity's sake), we're willing to spend the extra money on a 12X SCSI CD-ROM drive and a SCSI Zip Drive. What's your opinion? The only reason we're considering the SCSI hard drive/IDE CD-ROM and Zip is because we're mainly concerned with serving files as fast as possible with the SCSI drive, and we're not overly concerned with access speed of CD-ROM/backups. Thanks for your advice! Looking forward to getting our FreeBSD system up and going... Regards, Clinton Hogge Industrial Images http://www.industrialimages.com/
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