From 4d52815a6dfb6e09c32ba9802c9ec5956f37a94e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marc Fonvieille Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 22:18:54 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] - Add a new section "2.2 Hardware Requirements". This section contains a Minimal Configuration subsection explaining where one can find information about the minimal requirements to install FreeBSD (releng notes) and also provides a general sum up of this information (this sum up mainly comes from the release notes, some additional details and missing arch should be added in future). - Merge the Supported Hardware section (2.10) with the new section (as a subsection), it was not really useful to talk about supported hardware at the end (or quite) of the installation chapter. --- .../books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml | 126 ++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 101 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-) diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml index af90d4a727..326967d97c 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml @@ -84,6 +84,103 @@ + + Hardware Requirements + + + Minimal Configuration + + The minimal configuration to install &os; varies with the + &os; version and the hardware architecture. + + Information about the minimal configuration is + available in the Installation Notes on the Release + Information page of the &os; web site. A sum up of + this information is given in the following sections. + Depending on the method you choose to install &os;, you may + also need a floppy drive, a supported CDROM drive, and in some + case a network adapter. This will be covered by the . + + + &i386; and pc98 Architectures + + Both &os;/&i386 and &os;/pc98 versions require a 486 or + better processor and at least 24 MB of RAM. You will + need at least 150 MB of free hard drive space for the + most minimal installation. + + + In case of old configurations, most of time, getting + more RAM and more hard drive space is more important than + getting a faster processor. + + + + + Alpha Architecture + + To install &os;/alpha, you will need a supported + platform (see ) + and a dedicated disk for &os;. It is not possible to share + a disk with another operating system at this time. This + disk will need to be attached to a SCSI controller which is + supported by the SRM firmware or an IDE disk assuming the + SRM in your machine supports booting from IDE disks. + + You will need the SRM console firmware for your + platform. In some cases, it is possible to switch between + AlphaBIOS (or ARC) firmware and SRM. In others it will be + necessary to download new firmware from the vendor's Web + site. + + + + amd64 Architecture + + &os;/amd64 requires an &amd.athlon;64, + &amd.athlon;64-FX, &amd.opteron; or better processor to + run. + + If you have a machine based on an nVidia nForce3 + Pro-150, you must use the BIOS setup to + disable the IO APIC. If you do not have an option to do + this, you will likely have to disable ACPI instead. There + are bugs in the Pro-150 chipset that we have not found a + workaround for yet. + + + + &sparc64; Architecture + + To install &os;/&sparc64;, you will need a supported + platform (see ). + + You will need a dedicated disk for &os;/&sparc64;. It + is not possible to share a disk with another operating + system at this time. + + + + + Supported Hardware + + A list of supported hardware is provided with each &os; + release in the &os; Hardware Notes. This document can usually + be found in a file named HARDWARE.TXT, in + the top-level directory of a CDROM or FTP distribution or in + sysinstall's documentation menu. + It lists, for a given architecture, what hardware devices are + known to be supported by each release of &os;. Copies of the + supported hardware list for various releases and architectures + can also be found on the Release + Information page of the &os; Web site. + + + Pre-installation Tasks @@ -198,6 +295,10 @@ + + Once the inventory of the components in your computer is + done, you have to check if they match the hardware + requirements of the &os; release you want to install. @@ -4336,31 +4437,6 @@ Please press any key to reboot. - - Supported Hardware - - hardware - FreeBSD currently runs on a wide variety of ISA, VLB, EISA, and PCI - bus-based PCs with Intel, AMD, Cyrix, or NexGen x86 - processors, as well as a number of machines based on the Compaq Alpha - processor. Support for generic IDE or ESDI drive configurations, - various SCSI controllers, PCMCIA cards, USB devices, and network and - serial cards is also provided. FreeBSD also supports IBM's microchannel - (MCA) bus. - - A list of supported hardware is provided with each FreeBSD release - in the FreeBSD Hardware Notes. This document can usually be found in a - file named HARDWARE.TXT, in the top-level directory - of a CDROM or FTP distribution or in - sysinstall's documentation menu. It lists, - for a given architecture, what hardware devices are known to be - supported by each release of FreeBSD. Copies of the supported - hardware list for various releases and architectures can also be - found on the Release - Information page of the FreeBSD Web site. - - Troubleshooting