Actually it is difficult if you have to guess about parts of your hardware. I have a bunch of crap that I got from various sources, most of which is still a mystery (my NE2000 clone card cost me $2). I used a RedHat 5.2 install to gather information about it, and then went on to a FreeBSD 3.1 install. Of course, I'm back on RedHat for the moment, but I'm going to try 3.2..