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From: iain@nwpeople.demon.co.uk (Iain Baird)
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Subject: Re: Gateway 2000 and FreeBSD2.0
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In article <3es6p1$hlk@agate.berkeley.edu>
jminor@cory.Berkeley.EDU "Josh Minor" writes:
> I am considering buying a Gateway2000 P4D-66 in the near future and
> I would like to know if anyone has had any experience (good or bad) with
> running FreeBSD2.0 on one.
1.1.5.1 runs fine. Haven't got round to 2.0 yet.
One problem I encountered was when I attempted to determine whether
the P4D-66 supports the NCR810 SCSI controller (which needs motherboard
BIOS support). Gateway tech support (Dublin) were hopeless - they hadn't
heard of the 810; some of them had barely heard of SCSI. Feedback from
gwvince@gw2kbbs.com suggested that 810 support (in the form of a BIOS
upgrade) is unlikely to be available for the P4D in the forseeable future.
The only SCSI controller Gateway support is the Adaptec 2940, which isn't
supported by FreeBSD 2.0 (I believe it may be supported in 2.1).
I was left with the impression that it is not Gateway's policy to assist
customers who have problems with hardware which Gateway do not themselves
sell.
Having said all that, the PC itself is fine.
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