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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!hpg30a.csc.cuhk.hk!news.ust.hk!nntp.hk.super.net!news.duke.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!news.alpha.net!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!NewsWatcher!user From: shamrock@netcom.com (Lucky Green) Subject: Need HW/Drive purchase advice Message-ID: <shamrock-1502952240270001@192.0.2.1> Sender: shamrock@netcom9.netcom.com Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) Date: Thu, 16 Feb 1995 06:40:27 GMT Lines: 22 I would like to run FreeBSD on a Compaq Presario 900 (486SX, 8Meg RAM, 398 Meg IDE HD, IDE CD ROM). Since there is a lot of stuff on the HD that we need to keep just as it is, the guy I am getting the machine from has decided to pull the drive before we install FreeBSD I want to do an full install of FreeBSD, FlexFax, some voice mail software and use the machine for development and WWW server. I know that is a lot of tasks. Questions: I know, I'd better get a coprocessor. What kind would you buy? Is 1 GB enough? Should I get 2GB? What manufactor should I get buy the drive from? Since I will be without the normal IDE drive, will an Adaptec SCSI controller and Seagate external drive work? Would you rather buy an IDE drive? Any recomendations on the drive/controller? How much RAM should I add? TIA, -- Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred.