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From: mhw@cs.brown.edu (Mark Weaver)
Subject: Re: What's "FreeBSD"? and will it support UltraStor 34F
In-Reply-To: murrayc@hansford.com's message of Tue, 27 Jul 93 21:29:47 -0700
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Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1993 22:28:18 GMT
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In article <LadVsA2OBh107h@hansford.com> murrayc@hansford.com (Charles H. Murray) writes:
> In <22v442$57h@pdq.coe.montana.edu> nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) writes:
> >To summarize, if you want a stable unix that is easy to install, take
> >a look at FreeBSD.  
> 
> Do any of these versions support the UltraStor 34F controller yet?  I've
> only been waiting for six months.

I made the necessary mods to the UltraStor 14F driver and have been running
it reliably for a few months now with NetBSD 0.8.  I would be happy to
supply the source code modifications to anyone who wants them.
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