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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!howland.erols.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uchinews!news From: steve farrell <spfarrel@phaedrus.uchicago.edu> Subject: Re: FreeBSD On Gateway G6-200 ?? X-Nntp-Posting-Host: phaedrus.uchicago.edu Message-ID: <87lofgrg6q.fsf@phaedrus.uchicago.edu> Lines: 29 Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (News Administrator) Organization: University of Chicago -- Academic Computing Services X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.2.25/XEmacs 19.14 References: <dzn2zwzrpj.fsf@morticia.inmos.co.uk> Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 12:21:33 GMT rji@morticia.inmos.co.uk (Richard Ingram) writes: > > Hello, > > I'm looking into getting a Gateway G6-200 PentiumPro box with 32MB RAM, > 3GB HD and Matrox Millenium graphics card to run FreeBSD and NT-4 on. Are > there any gotchas that I should be aware of with FreeBSD on this setup ? > I know I'll have to get the X S/W from Caldera (I think). How about the > rest of the system ? Has anyone installed FreeBSD on a Gateway PPRo box ? yeah -- no problems but you'll need XInside's Accelerated X (as you alluded to.) you'll probably want to use the following for ordering, etc: http://www.xinside.com/. i think in the freebsd-current mailing list someone had some problems (bill paul?) with the cdrom being the master ide on the secondary controller ... i, however, had no such difficulty with a similar setup. of course, SCSI is always better... --steve farrell > > Thanks for any help, > > Richard. > > S/W Engineer, Tel +44 973 814540 > SMS +44 973 814540