Re: HD and MB selection?

2004-01-13 Thread Josh Paetzel
On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 11:56:41PM -0500, Dragoncrest wrote:
 Hi all.  Just getting ready to build a new workstation using Freebsd 4.9
 (*and eventually 5.x once it reaches the classification of stable) for
 up at my job and I'm curious of what motherboard and hard drive would be
 best to use under Freebsd for maximum compatibility with as few issues
 as possible.  Right now I'm looking at 3 different motherboards,
 although I'm up for suggestions of other ones if these three really
 aren't right for the job.
 
 MSI K7N2 Delta (nforce)
 Asus A7N8X (nforce)
 Asus A7V8X (via)
 
 Also, what brand of HD do you guys trust most?  What works best with
 Freebsd?  I'm probubly going to pick up a pair of 80g Western Digitals,
 but again I'm open to other suggestions.  Any suggestions are greatly
 apreciated.  Thanks.
 

I'd go with the KT400a based board.  I've had nothing but trouble mixing 
FreeBSD with nforce2 boards.  As far as hard drives, one IDE drive is pretty 
much like another in my opinion.

Josh Paetzel

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HD and MB selection?

2004-01-12 Thread Dragoncrest
Hi all.  Just getting ready to build a new workstation using Freebsd 4.9
(*and eventually 5.x once it reaches the classification of stable) for
up at my job and I'm curious of what motherboard and hard drive would be
best to use under Freebsd for maximum compatibility with as few issues
as possible.  Right now I'm looking at 3 different motherboards,
although I'm up for suggestions of other ones if these three really
aren't right for the job.

MSI K7N2 Delta (nforce)
Asus A7N8X (nforce)
Asus A7V8X (via)

Also, what brand of HD do you guys trust most?  What works best with
Freebsd?  I'm probubly going to pick up a pair of 80g Western Digitals,
but again I'm open to other suggestions.  Any suggestions are greatly
apreciated.  Thanks.


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