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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: IDE CDROM failure report.
Date: 15 Dec 1996 11:19:27 GMT
Organization: Private BSD site, Dresden
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jeays@statcan.ca (Mike Jeays) wrote:
> I am still running FreeBSD 2.1.0 - a main reason to get the
> CD-ROM was to be able to upgrade easily. Am I likely to have any
> more luck with 2.1.5 or 2.1.6, or should I wait for 2.2 until I
> buy the Walnut Creek CD? I do at least still have a running
> system.
2.1.{5,6} are identical to wrt. IDE CD-ROMs.
However, you can try one the 2.2 boot floppies, e.g. the one from
2.2-ALPHA, to see if it will work with your drive.
--
cheers, J"org
joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)