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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!willis.cis.uab.edu!news.lsu.edu!unix1.sncc.lsu.edu!unix1.sncc.lsu.edu!not-for-mail From: mdodd@tiger.lsu.edu (Matthew N. Dodd) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: NetBSD Info needed.. Date: 14 Jan 1995 05:30:27 -0600 Organization: Louisiana State University Lines: 50 Distribution: world Message-ID: <3f8ckj$1086@tiger1.ocs.lsu.edu> References: <3f6of8$63g@sulawesi.lerc.nasa.gov> NNTP-Posting-Host: tiger1-t.ocs.lsu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Thanh Nguyen (edwind@renegade.lerc.nasa.gov) wrote: : Hi all! : I am planning to order a Pentium shortly for running NetBSD, and I : wonder if some one can tell me where I can get information about NetBSD : hardware system requirements and devices that are supported by NetBSD. The : Pentium PC that I am going to order have the following hardware configuration: : Intel Pentium 90 MHz CPU : 16MB RAM : Conner 1.06GB SCSI-2 hard drive Not to say anything bad about Conner, but I have heard enough to convine me to look for other brands. Only an opinion. : Adaptec AHA 2940 PCI SCSI Controller Don't know if this one is supported. Jordan? : Mitsumi D359T5 Cream 1.44MB, 3.5" floppy drive FreeBSD only works with BLACK or BEIGE floppy drives. I had many problems with mine until I took them out and painted the faceplates. My friend running Linux has no problems with his cream colored drives. : Mitsumi 2X IDE 300KB/sec 280 ms IDE CDROM Again, I don't know if this is supported. Get a SCSI in any case. It would be easier down the line. : Diamond Stealth 64-bit PCI video card, with 2MB VRAM Nice card but last I heard XFree and Diamond had their differences. This may have changed. : Microsoft Mouse PS/2 (2 button) : 15-inch color monitor : Thank you very much in advance for your help. Good luck. --- The bit about the drive color was a joke. But you knew this already. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Matthew N. Dodd Department of Computer Science mdodd@tiger.lsu.edu Louisiana State University