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author | obrien <obrien@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-12-27 08:09:52 +0000 |
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committer | obrien <obrien@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-12-27 08:09:52 +0000 |
commit | a091632c990b2887eb53b16cbb4b87a0c39d0d47 (patch) | |
tree | 98e4466b467750063b1ca1c15e092df261d4b425 /share/doc | |
parent | 636ca26fc0dabfd1d6fab0945586ae423f739650 (diff) | |
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Cut and paste info about the 430VX chipset from some of Rodney's old
fbsd-hw emails.
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diff --git a/share/doc/handbook/hw.sgml b/share/doc/handbook/hw.sgml index e740f93..4ea9e5d 100644 --- a/share/doc/handbook/hw.sgml +++ b/share/doc/handbook/hw.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $Id: hw.sgml,v 1.54 1996/12/26 05:56:20 jkh Exp $ --> +<!-- $Id: hw.sgml,v 1.55 1996/12/27 07:14:11 obrien Exp $ --> <!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project --> <!-- @@ -305,6 +305,13 @@ Slippery when wet. Beware of dog. stepping - you have an A2 stepping if the 82439HX chip has a marking of "SU102". You have an A1 stepping if it's not marked with an S-number or if the number is "SU087". + + <tag>430VX <em>(often mistakenly called Triton-III)</em>:</tag> + The 430VX is a low cost design alternative to the 430HX, it + is designed for use with video cards that use main memory + rather than their own onboard memory. It also has a memory + space restriction of 128MB, though it does add support for + SDRAM. However, it will not cache memory above 64MB. <tag>Orion:</tag> Early versions of this chipset suffered from a PCI write-posting bug which can cause noticeable performance @@ -368,10 +375,11 @@ Slippery when wet. Beware of dog. hardware. <sect1><heading>* Memory</heading> - <p>The mininum amount of memory you must have to install FreeBSD is 5 MB. + <p>The mininum amount of memory you must have to install FreeBSD is 8 MB. Once your system is up and running you can <ref id="kernelconfig:building" - name="build a custom kernel"> that will use less memory. - If you use the boot4.flp you can get away with having only 4 MB. + name="build a custom kernel"> that will use less memory. For FreeBSD + 2.1, 2.1.5, and 2.1.6 the required mininum amount of memory is 5 MB. + If you use the boot4.flp you can install with only 4 MB. <sect1><heading>* BIOS</heading> |