From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 3 21:24:20 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id VAA17029 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 3 Apr 1997 21:24:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA17024 for ; Thu, 3 Apr 1997 21:24:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id VAA00779; Thu, 3 Apr 1997 21:23:57 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 3 Apr 1997 21:23:57 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: "Niklas Saers, a.k.a. Beren of Ewox" cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Questions In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.32.19970402135521.009d8534@vgs.sn.no> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 2 Apr 1997, Niklas Saers, a.k.a. Beren of Ewox wrote: > >2.2 is the first release that includes full CD-R support for the > >Plasmon RF41xx, HP4020i, HP6020i, and Philips CDD2000 drives. The > >driver is still under development (in particular to extend its > >usability for other devices), but it has been proved to be stable > >by now. > > Is there software included for burning CD-R's? Where can I find more > information about this? Yes. Some information is in the Handbook, more in /usr/share/examples/worm. > Is Pentium Pro or Pentium II supported? Or does it have to emulate a > standard Pentium to work (and thus decreasing its performance)? They are all supported, but the question is whether there is any P6-specific code in there. I think the best we have is the Pent-optimized bcopy. But it will work. > >3Com 3C509, 3C579, 3C589 (PCMCIA), 3C590/592/595/900/905 PCI and EISA > >(Fast) Etherlink III / (Fast) Etherlink XL > > Does 3c509b go as 3c509, or is this card not supported? How about the Accton > PCI combo cards? The 3c509 and the 3c509b are equivalent. The Accton cards, historically, have been Digital 21040-based, so the de driver should work with them. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major