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From: orc@pell.chi.il.us (Orc)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD scsi, ethernet support
Date: 2 Jan 1996 10:27:51 -0800
Organization: Mind-reading, super-smart bisexuals with silly names
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Message-ID: <4cbtf7$8k8@pell.pell.chi.il.us>
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In article <4c9qrh$d3j@nntp5.u.washington.edu>,
Craig A. Johnston <caj@tower.stc.housing.washington.edu> wrote:
>I'm very strongly considering installing FreeBSD on my system in place of
>Linux if support for the ncr53c810 scsi chip and the lance pci chip
>(a la my cheapo boca) is not horribly broken.. does the driver for the
>810 support disconnection? How would you rate FreeBSD support for these
>2 vs Linux support for them?
I suspect that FreeBSD support for the 810 is the best of all
the free Unices; that driver is, according to many reputable
sources, one of the best drivers around. And, at least of 2.0.5,
AMD lance chips work.
If you put the lance card and the 810 at their expected
addresses, installing freeBSD will be about as difficult as falling
off a log.
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david parsons \bi/ orc@pell.chi.il.us
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