Contributed by jose on from the shopping-cart-of-my-dreams dept.
"OpenBSD folks have some good general tips on Hardware choices as part of their faq. Unfortunately, when getting new hardware, the choices are many and sometimes vague.Currently I run on quite a diverse set of hardware, but I only have one or two items that lack support. When buying something new, its always good to hear what other people are having good experiences with.To to help newbies (and experts!) get an idea on what to pick & choose, here is an ongoing thread on OpenBSD hardware that works! "
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By Anonymous Coward () on
processor, ram, and harddrive size listings.
Not very helpful I'm afraid....
By Erlend () erlendboe@idontllikespamm.yahoo.com on mailto:erlendboe@idontllikespamm.yahoo.com
This is bug 2451. It worked in 2.9...
By Hmmmm () on
1.
1GHz Pentium 3
512mb ECC
1 x 18Gb SCSI
Intel Consumer Motherboard w/graphics & lan.
200 days uptime on fairly heavy load.
2.
700 mhz Atlon
128 SD
1 x 20Gb IDE
Asus Motherboard
Realtek NIC
Matrox graphics.
Uptime about 60 - 90 days.
3.
Atlon 1.2
1GB SDRAM
1 x 40 Gb IDE
Intel NIC
Matrox Graphics
Epox Motherboard
Fairly unstable, netscape crashes all the time, uptime about 2-3 weeks on average.
4.
Thinkpad R30
400 mhz p2
6 gb hd
3com NIC
Unusable.
My recommendation would be to go intel all the way with server class motherboard, for servers. For desktops use whatever you want. How about nforce? never tried it though.
By Peter Hessler () spambox@theapt.org on http://www.sfobug.org
In short: New = unsupported. 1-2 generations back is generally safe, but check the lists. DON'T ASK! Check the archives. That's why they exist. If your card is based on a supported chipset, that (again should) be safe, but there is only one way to be sure: Try it.
If your card is not supported, but you want it supported, send money (or the card) to the developers, and ask nicely if they will work on it. Don't bug them about it, they are doing you a favor. If you can't get them the actual card, or even if you can, get them documents about it from the manufacturer. Not pretty sales pamphlets, but interesting technical docs.
By francisco () on http://www.blackant.net/
anyone else think so? I'd consider working on it & hosting it if the demand was more than mine.
By danimal () on
By Henry Huggins () henry@huggins.org on mailto:henry@huggins.org
Its PCI version is the Adaptec 29160.
DON'T BUY IT! It really doesn't work well with OpenBSD yet, which is a shame since it's so cheap and easy to come by.
And by "doesn't work well" I don't just mean slow performance. I mean total kernel panic crashes.
I wasted $700 on three of these before I found out. (They work just fine on FreeBSD, though.)