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Message-ID: <32948370.28C@mail.csra.net> Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 10:29:36 -0600 From: Sam Brown <escher@mail.csra.net> Reply-To: escher@mail.csra.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Kernel on Walnut Creek Disks... References: <3290E8FE.7DA7@mail.csra.net> <32922CC8.53CC@interverse.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.156.64.58 Lines: 13 Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!204.71.8.22!206.156.64.58 (Assorted bits snipped for directness.) Jason Fordham wrote: > I assume you're using the DEC DEFPA PCI chipset FDDI cards... very nice > indeed, _if_ you have the right revision of the card. There are versions > that can kill your box. Check with your vendor, or just suck it and see. > I had four cards that were the wrong revision, and DEC were very good > about exchanging them. I was duly impressed. Yike! SO what would the WRONG revision be? (most vendors, at least the ones i know, are beyond ignorant when it comes to FreeBSD. What would be the right question to ask?) S.