Re: [Nolug] Looking to borrow a Fedora-compatible video card

From: Brett D. Estrade <estrabd_at_mailcan.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 13:51:42 -0500
Message-Id: <1119552702.2312.237030970@webmail.messagingengine.com>

Perl AND FreeBSD! Kick ass, Dave. I just installed FreeBSD 5.4 on an
Ultra 60 (512 mb RAM, dual 300 mhz) via serial console, so I'll be
playing with that for a while :)

Anyway, I have a couple of old video cards if the other offers don't pan
out.

Brett

On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 11:49:12 -0500 (CDT), "Dave Cash" <dave@gnofn.org>
said:
> On Thu, 23 Jun 2005, Petri Laihonen wrote:
>
> > Two questions....
> > Is there a specific reason to go with FC2 when FC4 is out?
>
> I'm not sure. I'm not too familiar with Linux (I'm mostly a FreeBSD
> person), but I'm building a RAID server using a RAIDCore controller
> card, which is natively supported in RC2 (according to a friend who
> has built a similar machine). I assume it's still supported in RC4,
> but I guess I was just going with RC2 since that friend has it and
> thus might be able to help me better (as he's offered to do) if we
> have the same thing.
>
> > Please tell me what video card is not supported?
> > I have not encountered unsupported video cards for years (unless brand
> > spanking new). If I would have had time to come to junk swapping meeting,
> > I would have had some ancient videocards to throw away.
>
> The card I have is a Paradise PVGA1A-JK (circa 1988).
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave
>
> /L\_/E\_/A\_/R\_/N\_/T\_/E\_/A\_/C\_/H\_/L\_/E\_/A\_/R\_/N\
> Dave Cash Power to the People!
> Frolicking in Fields of Garlic Right On-Line!
> dave@gnofn.org Dig it all.
> ___________________
> Nolug mailing list
> nolug@nolug.org
___________________
Nolug mailing list
nolug@nolug.org
Received on 06/23/05

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.2.0 : 12/19/08 EST