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Date:      Thu, 12 Nov 1998 22:20:26 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com>
To:        geoffb@demon.net
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: DEC Multia support
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.01.9811122218470.11371-100000@herring.nlsystems.com>
In-Reply-To: <199811121738.RAA04974@gti.noc.demon.net>

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On Thu, 12 Nov 1998, Geoff Buckingham wrote:

> > On Thu, 12 Nov 1998, Geoff Buckingham wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > How well are the onboard IDE/floppy/ethernet of the Multia supported in
> > > current at the moment?
> > 
> > Ethernet should work.  Floppy will work when I find time to port the
> > floppy driver over.  IDE will probably have to wait until the new atapi
> > code is ready.
> > 
> 
> Given the above is my best route to installing FreeBSD to start with
> NetBSD and migrate?

If you have SCSI disks, then the best route is to install using the floppy
images from the regular snapshots.  We can boot from a floppy without
problems.  There isn't a floppy driver to use after boot yet though.

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Doug Rabson				Mail:  dfr@nlsystems.com
Nonlinear Systems Ltd.			Phone: +44 181 951 1891
					Fax:   +44 181 381 1039


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