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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!classic.iinet.com.au!news.uoknor.edu!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!gatech!news.mathworks.com!solaris.cc.vt.edu!news.netins.net!usenet From: DLEGO@netins.net (Daniel Lego) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: PC hardware advice requested Date: 23 May 1995 16:08:07 GMT Organization: INS Info Services, Des Moines, IA, USA Lines: 55 Distribution: na Message-ID: <3pt197$l6l@insosf1.infonet.net> References: <3prs4d$2k8@csnews.cs.colorado.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: s3116.netins.net Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.93.11 In article <3prs4d$2k8@csnews.cs.colorado.edu>, plotkin@alumni.cs.colorado.eduLeocforWindowstm says... > >Hello all, > > I'm looking for a 'hardware compatibility' list for NetBSD (and > FreeBSD, what the heck). I've poked around on popular distribution > sites and so far haven't found anything more useful than a list of > systems FreeBSD runs on. > > What would be ideal is a list of drivers, any known issues, and > general stability level. For example: > > Adaptec 1540 and friends. Rock stable ISA SCSI adapter. > 16 Mb ISA DMA limitation overcome using bounce buffers. Fair > performance. > > or > > Fred's PC VESA LB SCSI. Works in my PC on alternate > mondays. Doesn't use DMA, interferes with keyboard I/O. I > got a whole meg/sec out of it, just ask my dog, he saw it! > > The end result of this research will be a heavily used news > server (64+ megs ram, several 2+ gig disks) built on a shoestring > budget. Drive controller and network interface information is far > more interesting to me than CDrom and graphics card support. > > Since I haven't bought any hardware yet, war stories or sage > advice from anyone who's done similar stupidities would be deeply > appreciated. > > Please, please send me any information you have. I'm desperately > trying to avoid having to read everything under netbsd-current > arch/i386 =) > > --leo > > p.s. and if you're a Linux weenie reading this, you may wish to > tell me how great Linux is supporting various hardware. > > p.p.s. if no such hardware compatibility list exists, I'm volunteering > to mung received information into a first draft version. > There is a list available at HTTP://WWW.FREEBSD.ORG.