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Date:      Tue, 27 Aug 1996 19:59:32 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Brian Grant <grant.brian@a2.abc.net.au>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Hardware Requirements
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.960827195743.339A-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <32247B54.107D@a2.abc.net.au>

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On Wed, 28 Aug 1996, Brian Grant wrote:

> I have the following system
> 
> p100
> 32mb ram
> 1.2gig hdd Master on IDE1
> 1.6gig hdd Slave on IDE1

OK so far.  (well, we'll call IDE1 wdc0)

> Creative Labs CD420e ATAPI CD-Rom Slave on IDE2  

This should really be set to Single / Master.  More than likely you'll
have problems detecting this CDROM.  You may need to trade it with your
1.6 gig drive before FreeBSD will detect it.

> Vibra16 Sound Card SB compatible

Supported under the SB drivers.

> S3 Trio64 Video Card

Supported by XFree86.

> 14.4 Modem

If this is a well-behaved internal modem there shouldn't be a problem;
otherwise you are home free.

> Will freebsd run on my system and can it detect all my hardware?

It'll run even if it couldn't.  :-)

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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