new server setup questions

[Ray]

On Saturday 17 March 2007 6:27 pm, Garrett Cooper wrote:
> Ray wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I'm trying to setup a new server, and I'm having some problems mostly
> > with the network card. (machine specs follow) I can't get a driver to
> > work for the integrated network card.  I've spent a number of hours on
> > google / "the complete freeBSD" / "the freeBSD handbook". the handbook
> > (section 11.8
> > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config-network-
> >setup.html) outlines using ndis (project evil) drivers. I tried using
> > this. I went through ndisgen, and everything seemed to work. I then tried
> > to use kldload and got the error message:
> > "kldload: can't load file.ko :operation not permitted"
> > of course I did all of this as root. I am using the amd64 version of
> > freeBSD (is this my first mistake?) and the 64 bit version of the
> > drivers. as a side note, the supplied driver disk includes a source
> > version of the linux driver. is there any way to use this?
> > Any help or suggestions greatly appreciated.
> > Ray
> > machine specs
> > ASUS M2N-SLI DELUXE mobo
> > 2GB ram
> > AMD 5200 x2 processor (sorry, the box isn't in front of me)
>
> Not sure if nForce drivers are supported on the 6.2 install CD. You
> might want to give one of the 7-CURRENT driver CDs a go. Grab a snapshot
> iso from <ftp://ftp7.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/200703>, or the
> directory above it in one of the other snapshot directories if that
> doesn't work for you.
Thanks for the response. 
just 2 questions:
1) is 7-CURRENT ready for a production environment?
2) should I stick with amd64 or should I go back to i386?
Thanks,
Ray
>
> -Garrett
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