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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.bright.net!chi-news.cic.net!cs.utexas.edu!ennfs.eas.asu.edu!noao!ncar!massive!tim From: tim@massive.its.bldrdoc.gov (Tim Butler) Subject: Re: Micron computers and FreeBSD 2.1 Message-ID: <DnrD7t.Irz@massive.its.bldrdoc.gov> Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 19:38:17 GMT References: <31309186.41C67EA6@psu.edu> <4hdq6o$gqu@hermes.athenet.net> Organization: NTIA/ITS, Boulder CO Lines: 24 Brian Wasserman (bsw114@psu.edu) wrote: : I am interested in purchasing a Micron computer. I haven't researched : which system I will get but I want to run FreeBSD 2.1. : Has anybody successfully installed it on a Micron? Have there been : any problems? Which monitor do you have? I would love to hear your : experiences with this. * If you plan on getting a SCSI system make sure you get a SCSI adapter supported by FreeBSD. When I bought my system, they were selling the BusLogic 930. I explicitly asked for a BusLogic 946 because that was what was explicity supported on the hardware compatability list. * My parallel port is running _really_ slow (under FreeBSD). I haven't figured out the problem yet so I can't say if it is specific to my Micron. -tim -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy Butler tim@its.bldrdoc.gov NTIA/ITS.N3 Boulder, CO 80303-3328 (303) 497-3606