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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!haven.umd.edu!news.umbc.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!wotan.compaq.com!twisto.eng.hou.compaq.com!hackney From: hackney@twisto.eng.hou.compaq.com (Greg Hackney) Subject: Re: Does ***BSD support Pentium/PCI? References: <MARK_WEAVER.93Nov16150603@tonto-slip10.cis.brown.edu> Organization: Compaq Computer Corp. Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1993 23:03:15 GMT Message-ID: <CH0qpF.LDJ@twisto.eng.hou.compaq.com> Lines: 24 Mark_Weaver@brown.edu writes: > The subject says it. I am thinking of upgrading and I just want to > know if there will be any problems. If anyone is currently running > any of the ***BSDs on a Pentium board, I'd like to hear from you. > Email: Mark_Weaver@brown.edu | Brown University I've run both BSDI and FreeBSD on a Compaq Proliant 1000 machine. It's a 60mhz Pentium machine. The configuration was an Adaptec SCSI controller with (5) 1.001GB Compaq plug-in SCSI drives, and a Compaq (Wangtek) SCSI cartridge tape drive. (I used an Adaptec controller. Currently the Compaq SCSI Array controllers aren't supported by *BSD, only SCO). It's nice because the drives are plug-in, and you can pop in the operating system du jour to run, without having to take the machine apart, disconnect any cables, or use any tools. -- Greg Hackney -- Signature line 1 Signature line 2 Signature line 3 Signature line 4