Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 19:27:29 -0500 (EST) From: Spike Gronim <spork@cncn.com> To: Dustin Pika <dustpika@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD AGP compatible??? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980310192545.240A-100000@mental> In-Reply-To: <19980310224922.8057.qmail@hotmail.com>
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On Tue, 10 Mar 1998, Dustin Pika wrote: > To whomever feels they can answer either of my questions: > > > > I recently bought a new Pentium II based, Win95 PC. > Since Pentium II's feature AGP instead of PCI, will this > prevent me from being able to run FreeBSD on my PC??? > > Also, since FreeBSD and Linux are both non-commercial packages > of the Unix OS, is software interchangable between them. > I have seen some Linux applications that I am interested in, > but would like to know if they will work in FreeBSD first. > > Sincerly, > Dustin Pika > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > Hello. AGP (I believe) is an extension of the PCI bus. I am running a PII w/an AGP *video card*, but the rest of the system is PCI and ISA. It runs really nicely, I have a really nice X server running, and I have not had any problems with the PCI SCSI card (Aaptec 2940UW) that is also on the PCI bus. -Spike Gronim spork@cncn.com "Hacker, n: One who hacks real good." --The Computer Contradictionary, Second Edition To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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