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Date:      Fri, 01 Jul 2005 12:15:51 -0600 (MDT)
From:      "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        phk@haven.freebsd.dk
Cc:        six_feet_under@mail.bg, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ESDI Interface Support ? 
Message-ID:  <20050701.121551.05878326.imp@bsdimp.com>
In-Reply-To: <11762.1120218285@critter.freebsd.dk>
References:  <000601c57d7c$6898aca0$1700a8c0@radyk> <11762.1120218285@critter.freebsd.dk>

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In message: <11762.1120218285@critter.freebsd.dk>
            "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> writes:
: In message <000601c57d7c$6898aca0$1700a8c0@radyk>, "Dimitur Ivanav Dimitrov" wr
: ites:
: >Hi,
: >I am a new in FreeBSD and have a little problem. My old computer's BIOS =
: >support only ESDI hard disks on ISA slot. I wonder if there is a version =
: >of FreeBSD which supports both ESDI and IDE and where can I get it from?
: 
: You need a pretty old FreeBSD version for that.  FreeBSD 5.x or later
: will not support it, FreeBSD 4.x may, but I'm not sure.

FreeBSD 2.x or 3.x will likely be better for a machine this old.
Assuming that it is a 386 or better.

Warner



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