Date: 11 Mar 2000 12:41:03 +0100 From: naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de (Christian Weisgerber) To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: console friendly motherboard/BIOS ? Message-ID: <8adbcf$1k2g$1@bigeye.rhein-neckar.de> References: <20000310171326.E4562@mello.ucsf.edu>
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<matt@msg.ucsf.edu> wrote: > originally i thought i would get a PC Weasel to turn my FreeBSD server > into something i could >really< manage from the console. Branching off my own set of concerns: * Has anybody so far actually successfully ordered a PC Weasel? I've been told that it would become available RSN, next quarter, next month, etc for what must be the better part of a year. A few days ago it still said "inquire" on their website. * I've heard rumors that (some) modern BIOSes don't support MDA any longer. Any experiences there? * Finally, ISA is really being phased out. At this year's CeBIT many board manufacturers displayed Athlon boards (I didn't look at the Intel ones) that were PCI/AGP only, without any ISA slots. Actually I appreciate that move, but it kills the current Weasel. > can anyone suggest a motherboard/BIOS that does this? i'm not > picky about the CPU, any current models would likely be plenty > fast. Sure. Take any alpha board with SRM. Since SRM is required to run BSD in the first place, any supported alpha will do. -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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