And What About FreeBSD?

One way to attack the problem is to use only equipment that you've gotten good reports on. Another approach, given a no-name motherboard or system that you'd like to certify, is to load FreeBSD with all the sources and do a make world at the top of the source tree (/usr/src). This will recompile every component of the system, excluding the kernel, and is probably one of the most exhaustive tests of components. If your system can make it through at least two make worlds (five to 14 hours each, depending on the speed of the hardware), you probably have a winner. It's a real problem that most shops test their systems only with DOS and Windows; neither pushes hardware to the limits of its specifications.--Jordan Hubbard