On Thursday 27 February 2003 9:02, someone, possibly Ron Andreasen, typed:
I just looked at the FreeBSD hardware list and saw all
those contollers there. Are any of those ISA devices
or are they all PCI?
I only have 3 PCI slots and they're all being used by
stuff I can't give up (video card, sound card, and
modem). So if they are all PCI devices will ISA
contollers still get the job done? I'd be using it in
FreeBSD 5.0.
I think most of these devices will be PCI, and some of them, chipsets of
integrated devices on the motherboard.
The problem with an offboard ISA controller, even though you could
theoretically add one, is that it would clash with the I/O ranges of the
on-board controller, and you will still only be able to use two channels.
ISA offboard controllers were phased out years ago, even finding one would
be an achievement in its own.
Seriously though, I would take out the PCI modem, if it's an analogue
anyway, those are known to cause trouble and chew up CPU time, an external
modem would be a much better option, and you'd have a free slot. The same
goes for ISDN modems actually.
Will
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