Motherboards & FreeBSD [used to be "RE: Disappointed with version 6.0"]

[Peter]

--- Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm at toybox.placo.com> wrote:

> >I'm setting up a new server on 6.0 I've been planning for a long
> time
> >and I am very disappointed with two critical issues.  My motherboard
> is
> >the ASUS K8V-X SE that I chose because it was listed as compatible
> at
> >the FreeBSD/amd64 Project:
> >
> >http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/amd64/motherboards.html
> >
> 
> Peter,
> 
>   That's really a poor choice as a server board.

You get right to the point don't you?  :|

>   I don't know if you have a particular favorite of ASUS, but if your
> selecting a motherboard to build a server around from ASUS's product
> line you have to dig a bit.

I don't mind digging a bit; I actually lean towards quality.  And I'm
not partial towards any one maker either.  My main issue is in
identifying boards that will have their components recognized by
FreeBSD.  Is there a secret resource I haven't found?  Please oblige.

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