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From: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl (Wilko Bulte)
Subject: Re: Please help with upgrade-questions to FBSD-2.1
Keywords: FreeBSD-2.1(RELEASE), upgrade-questions
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moos@fmi.uni-passau.de (Darius Moos) writes:

>I want to upgrade to FreeBSD-2.1 when it is released and i have some questions
>about it's capabilities:
>	-Does FreeBSD support PCI ?

Yep.

>	-Does FreeBSD support Plug&Play ?

Don't think so

>	-Does FreeBSD support SCSI-harddisks of sizes greater 1 GB ?

Oh yes. 

>	-Does FreeBSD support partition-mounting of Win95 partitions with the
>	 extended attributes ?

Yuck. Probably not.

>	-Does FreeBSD support ZIP-drives and which device is to be used with
>	 this drives ?

Lots of talk about ZIP drives in the mailing lists. Whether it works ???

Wilko