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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!agate!dog.ee.lbl.gov!nosc!jadpc!felix@escape.vsse.in-berlin.de (Felix the Double Helix) From: felix@escape.vsse.in-berlin.de (Felix the Double Helix) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: Where can I get 386BSD? Message-ID: <m0m1ea3-1115SpC@escape.vsse.in-berlin.de> Date: 27 Jun 92 17:48:22 GMT Sender: 386bsd-gate@jadpc.cts.com Reply-To: felix@escape.vsse.in-berlin.de (Felix the Double Helix) Organization: J. Deitch & Associates Lines: 34 Originator: 386bsd-gate@jadpc.cts.com Precedence: bulk > > I, too, am interested for my home PC. I have a 486 EISA with a SCSI > controller. Will 386BSD support such a configuration? > > Vince unfortunately, it does not (at the moment). that's the reason why i can't run it right now. i'd like to know from the people who are working on 0.1 right now whether adaptec-scsi support is planned for 0.1? i know there is a driver (from pace), which might need just a little twiddling. but as i understand it, the problem right now (with 0.0) is that you still need a wd-controller (& hard disk?) if adaptec-scsi support was in 0.1, a lot of people (including me) could get our hands on 386bsd, and port new things to it, fix bugs, etc. i know many folks who are waiting for 0.1 bsd until they install it, because they already have scsi hard disks and don't want to buy a lousy wd controller/hard disk just for the short time there is no adaptec-version of 386bsd. eisa support would be cool too, but i guess that adaptec-support is one of the more vital stuff we need. so if it takes one or two more weeks longer for 0.1 to get it out with adaptec-drivers, that would definitely be a worthwhile time to wait for many of us! ;-) so if anybody is working on this, please let me (or us) know. thanx & so long, felix -- Felix Gaehtgens, Homburger Str. 26, 6000 Frankfurt/main(argc, argv) 90, FRG EMAIL: felix@escape.vsse.in-berlin.de "bind has a big problem. its configuration files might be human readable - but they're far from being human writeable!" - hans@artcom.de