Date: Fri, 24 Feb 1995 21:39:28 -0800 From: dale@northcoast.com To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: hardware compatibility Message-ID: <199502250539.VAA09559@redwood.northcoast.com>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
I would like to try running FreeBSD on my 486DX2/66. I have some SunOS and IRIX (SGI Unix) programming experience, and I'd like to think I could eventually help with continuing FreeBSD development. I've read the release notes and, unfortunately, it appears I chose the wrong SCSI controllers as they're not in the list of supported adapters. I wonder about my other hardware. I have a 486DX2/66 with 8MB RAM and: Diamond Viper VLB (2MB VRAM) video card [BIOS v3.09] ViewSonic 4 monitor SoundBlaster16 (without ASP) Diamond Flower MIO-550 multi-IO board (including 2 serial ports using Startech ST16C552 UART) a couple small IDE hard disk drives MicroSpeed PC-Trac serial trackball Supra Fax Modem v.32bis Future Domain TMC-1680 16-bit ISA Fast-SCSI2 controller [18C30/18C50/1800 BIOS v3.4] (Future Domain said theres a Linux driver for it.?.) a couple SCSI hard disk drives (one with a few hundred megabytes free) NEC/Trantor T128 8-bit ISA slow SCSI controller (for CD-ROM drive; I get too many read errors when I put the CD-ROM drive on the Future Domain controller) NEC CDR-210 CD-ROM drive Colorado Memory Systems Jumbo 250 QIC80 tape drive Colorado Memory Systems TC-15 1Mbps tape controller How much of my system won't work under FreeBSD? Thanks. I admire what the FreeBSD team has accomplished!
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199502250539.VAA09559>