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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.mrtc.org!news.he.net!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.erols.net!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!uunet!in3.uu.net!204.147.226.2!quack!quack.kfu.com!nsayer From: nsayer@quack.kfu.com (Nick Sayer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD support for 5x86 and K5... Date: 26 Mar 1997 03:47:32 GMT Organization: The Duck Pond public unix - http://www.kfu.com/ Lines: 35 Message-ID: <5ha68k$2mj$1@phoenix.kfu.com> References: <5h43st$3kl@malhar.netapp.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: quack.kfu.com X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.1 (NOV) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:37740 mohan@netapp.com (Mohan Srinivasan) writes: [...] >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. I am running a 5x86 machine and love it. I don't know anything about K5. >(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). If it were a Triton, I'd expect them to mention it. FreeBSD works excellently on Triton, and is my personal recommended Pentium chipset. >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 ? I know the Millineum works (had one at my last job) but don't know about the Mystique. I would check www.xfree86.org if I were you. >Could you please reply by e-mail to me at mohan@netapp.com ? >thanks >mohan -- Nick Sayer <nsayer@quack.kfu.com> | "I don't mind shooting, so long N6QQQ @ N0ARY.#NORCAL.CA.USA.NOAM | as the right people get shot." +1 408 249 9630, log in as 'guest' | URL: http://www.kfu.com/~nsayer/ | -- "Dirty" Harry Calahan