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Before buying FreeBSD Question
Name: Craig Date: December 24, 2001 at 09:30:14 Pacific
Comment:
Hello, I am thinking about getting the 6 CD set of FreeBSD 4.4 and was wondering if anyone knew if my sound card (ESS 1788 integrated on the motherboard) would work, or my video card (Diamond Stealth II S220 PCI) would work. I know I can get the ESS 1788 working with OSS for FreeBSD. Anyclue on the video card?
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