Re: Hardware Compatibility

[Jason Dixon <jason@dixongroup.net>]

On Sun, 2003-09-21 at 18:24, Venice Miazza wrote:
> I have an Hewlett-Packard Pavilion 8705 desktop, and I
> want to get OpenBSD on it as part of a dual-boot, but
> the website says the 9000 series is the one that's
> supported.
> 
> Is 8705 close enough, or should I look for a
> different, probably not as good, Unix operating
> system?

If you want to use OpenBSD anyways, why not give it a shot and see how
it goes?  Best case, everything works great.  Worst case, nothing works
(highly unlikely), and you try something else... FreeBSD, Linux, or
worst case, you reinstall Windows.

Why *do* folks ask if their hardware is supported, rather than simply
trying (multi-boot installations being a valid exception)?

-- 
Jason Dixon, RHCE
DixonGroup Consulting
http://www.dixongroup.net