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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!vtc.tacom.army.mil!news2.acs.oakland.edu!izzy.net!news From: "Patirick S. Roberts (NTT)" <root@execu.comshare.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc Subject: Re: Help!!! Date: Mon, 04 Dec 1995 12:52:44 -0800 Organization: National TechTeam Inc. Lines: 30 Message-ID: <30C35F9C.773B3DF0@execu.comshare.com> References: <49nkq5$h9p@donatello.leonardo.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: execu.comshare.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b2 (X11; I; Linux 1.2.0 i586) Steve Blonquist wrote: > > I am having all kinds of trouble with Pentium PCI boards and my BSD 2.0. With some > boards I cannot even boot from the install disk...others lock up and crash.... > > This will be a very heavy traffic news server... > My hopeful configuration: > Pentium 100 Mhz > 32 MB RAM > BusLogic PCI adapter > HP,Quantum and Micropolis SCSI 2 drives for 9 Gig total > > I have tried Intel boards and taiwan boards > > Does anyone have a recommendation for a good motherboard? > > Please Email directly....thanks for all responses > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Steve Blonquist System Technology Inc. > Certified Netware Engineer Computer Hardware & Networking > steveb@itsnet.com for the state of Utah and beyond > ------------------------------------------------------------------ Check to make sure that you have no ISA/EISA cards "intelligently" grabbing the irq's the PCI bus uses.... this could cause some major conflicts. Patrick S. Roberts (NTT) Internet Consultant