On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 11:01:02 +0200, Rand Acs <randacs@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I have a 20Gb slice that I test some FreeBSD stuff on. I think that
> will go towards
> testing and getting NetBSD to run. I see that you talk about DMA
> support for IDE.
> Does this mean that there is SATA support as well. I'm very ignorant
> in this area.

Yes, the SATA controllers are supported and the latest -current
(development branch of the source code) has DMA support.

> But learning this type of things this year at uni :) Can someone maybe elaborate
> a bit on how this works?

Which parts exactly?  The NetBSD guide http://www.netbsd.org/guide/en/
is a good place to start for information on NetBSD itself.

I think Richard Rauch's suggestion of trying out the NetBSD Live! CD
is excellent and would give you an opportunity to test more of your
hardware as well.  If you have a cheap USB ethernet adapater handy
that would be a good way to get basic network connectivity while
testing it out.

> As soon as my test starts I'll post problems to the list. Who else
> would be useful
> to inform?

This list is good for AMD64 related questions, otherwise
netbsd-help@netbsd.org is better for general NetBSD questions.  I
recommend reading through the guide first, or at least doing a quick
skim for content to make sure you question isn't already well
documented.

-Andrew