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From: hpeyerl@sidney (Herb Peyerl)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Questions about Linux->BSD
Date: 17 Feb 1994 16:48:06 GMT
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George Hartz (georgeh@ritcsh.csh.rit.edu) wrote:
: The FAQ seems to indicate that it supports 1/4 to 1/10th the number of cards
: Linux does. I have a 3Com 3c509 - is it supported? Also, what about non-scsi
Yes; NetBSD-current supports the 3c509 using the "ep" driver. There is
a binary snapshot of -current on:
sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu:/pub/NetBSD/arch/i386
which you can use to go from 0.9...
: CD-Roms. I have a mitsumi drive, which has a special controller. Also,
: does BSD support any QIC-80 drives? Linux doesn't much, but the drivers are
: in beta test.
Yes; -current has the "mcd" driver which supports the Mitsumi cdrom. I've
not tried it so your mileage may vary.
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