Looking for powerful machines that runs FreeBSD on it

[Garrett Cooper]

Caio Figueiredo Abecia wrote:
> It seems to be a problem only on Dell E521/C521 Dimension models.
>
>
> Here are some of the places that I found talking about the same errors 
> I'm having :
> ttp://blog.caraldi.com/jbq/2006/11/30/dont-buy-the-dell-e521-and-c521-computers/ 
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=113130
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/106960
> http://www.nabble.com/bin-40260-%22No-cd-dvd-devices-found!%22-t4025257.html 
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=bin/40260
>
> Even in NetBSD I still have the same problem.
>
> Thanks for the quick response Bill.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Moran" 
> <wmoran at potentialtech.com>
> To: "Caio Figueiredo Abecia" <caioabecia at yahoo.com.br>
> Cc: <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 10:51 AM
> Subject: Re: Looking for powerful machines that runs FreeBSD on it
>
>
>> In response to "Caio Figueiredo Abecia" <caioabecia at yahoo.com.br>:
>>
>>> I'm looking for a new pc.
>>> I had a problem installing BSD (Free/Open/Net!) with the Dell 
>>> Dimension C521n. (Free/Open BSD website tells me that it support the 
>>> E521 that have the same configuration)
>>> It don't recognize my dell usb keyboard and my SATA DVD Rom drive 
>>> was not detected at all.
>>
>> I have an Dell Optiplex GX520 here at work that runs FreeBSD 6.2 just 
>> fine.
>>
>> -- 
>> Bill Moran
>> http://www.potentialtech.com 
    Sounds like a chipset issue. Have you tried using a CURRENT snapshot CD?
-Garrett