From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 14 20:37:35 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA10923 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 14 Oct 1997 20:37:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from coal.nis.newscorp.com (mxa.newscorp.com [206.15.105.135]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA10727 for ; Tue, 14 Oct 1997 20:35:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ben@multivac.narcissus.net) Received: from multivac.narcissus.net (ts2port68.port.net [207.38.248.196]) by coal.nis.newscorp.com (News Corp SMTP GW 1.1) with SMTP id XAA29093; Tue, 14 Oct 1997 23:37:15 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost by multivac.narcissus.net (NX5.67e/NX3.0S) id AA00309; Tue, 14 Oct 97 23:29:38 -0400 Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 23:29:38 -0400 (GMT-0400) From: Snob Art Genre Reply-To: benedict@echonyc.com To: Mike Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: just a few simple questions=) In-Reply-To: <199710150210.VAA18595@pinto.sd.cybernex.net> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 14 Oct 1997, Mike wrote: > I am setting up Free-BSD on a Pentium II 266 for a high end web server. > It is gonna be hooked to a T1.. What is the BEST ethernet card to use > for free-BSD. 10baseT? 100baseT? The best card, as with most (all?) hardware, depends on the environment you expect to use it in. The Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 B is supposed to be nice. I just got one, though I haven't set it up yet. It does 10baseT or 100baseT (autosensing). It doesn't do coaxial though, UTP only. This issue was *just* discussed recently -- today, in fact, I think. Search the mailing list archives (at http://www.freebsd.org). > Also I was also wondering if I have to use the boot disk > evertime to boot my machine, and if so, how do I make it so I don't have > to use a book disk. You do have to have a boot disk, but it can be your hard drive. :-) What's the problem? > I was also wondering if it supports all Adaptec and > Buslogid Ultra Wide SCSI cards. This is all documented on the web page! See the URL I quoted above. > Thanx! Mike Ben "You have your mind on computers, it seems."