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From: mohan@netapp.com (Mohan Srinivasan)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: FreeBSD support for 5x86 and K5...
Date: 23 Mar 1997 12:30:21 -0800
Organization: Network Appliance
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I am looking to put together a (El Cheapo) second PC for home use running 
FreeBSD. I'm looking for some input from users who've tried running FreeBSD
on a 5x85/K5 based machine, and running XF86 on the Matrox Mystique card.

I'm looking to buy a 5x86-133 or a K5 based motherboard. I'd like to 
know of there are problems running FreeBSD on such boards. 

(Failing this, my next choice would be a P5 based motherboard (the ad I have 
doesn't specify the manufacturer of the motherboard, so I assume it'd be an 
Intel motherboard) with the Triton chipset. I presume FreeBSD would run 
cleanly on this).

I was also looking to buy a Matrox Mystique card. Is this card supported 
by XF86 ? Are there any known problems with this card, as far as running X 
is concerned ?

Could you please reply by e-mail to me at mohan@netapp.com ?

thanks

mohan