FreeBSD 4.x & Shuttle FB75

[Brian Costello]

Hello,

Two questions: First, I am wondering whether FreeBSD 4.x will work on a
Shuttle FB75.  Here are the specs of this system:

Form Factor : Shuttle Form Factor 
 CPU Socket : Intel Socket 478, support 533/800MHz FSB HT CPU  
 Chipsets : North bridge:Intel 875P, South bridge:ICH5-R 
 Memory Socket : DDR 333/400 * 2 (Dual Channel)  
 On Board VGA : None 
 On Board Audio : Realtek ALC650 6 channel audio 
 Expansion Slot : PCI * 1 8X AGP * 1 
 IDE interface : ATA-100 / Serial ATA

I am totally unconcerned about the audio, but am very concerned about the
IDE.  I don't care if I have to set the thing into compatibility mode and
I'm not planning to use any exotic RAID modes (I know FreeBSD 4.x has very
little / no SATA support) but I'm wondering if it'll work at all.  Oh, I'm
planning to use a WD SATA drive, if that matters.  If anyone has this
system, are there any BIOS settings to set?  I have had issues with older
shuttles that worked around very nicely when I turned off ultra-DMA
... is this another one of those situations?

Second, is FreeBSD 5.1's native SATA support usable?  What about its support
of this chipset (i875p)?

Thank you very much for any assistance,

Brian Costello