Subject: Re: best hardware - nic, mobo
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: Dan J Fraser <dfraser@capybara.org>
List: port-i386
Date: 05/23/2001 20:59:49
On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 02:31:08PM +1200, Ernst du Toit wrote:
> * I've read on this list about problems with the IDE interface and DMA, but
> I've not experienced any since I only run one device per channel.

So the '686b works correctly as long as there's only one drive per channel?

Since it seems like the only new boards you can buy these days without an
exhaustive search are '686b boards.

MSI K7T Turbo is the one I'm looking at.



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