From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Nov 2 15:10:31 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from smtp3.free.fr (smtp3.free.fr [212.27.32.72]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77E4615464 for ; Tue, 2 Nov 1999 15:10:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nsouch@free.fr) Received: from free.fr (paris11-nas4-47-81.dial.proxad.net [212.27.47.81]) by smtp3.free.fr (8.9.3/8.9.3/Debian/GNU) with ESMTP id AAA22712; Wed, 3 Nov 1999 00:10:08 +0100 Received: (from nsouch@localhost) by free.fr (8.9.3/8.9.1) id AAA02898; Wed, 3 Nov 1999 00:49:55 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from nsouch) Message-ID: <19991103004955.41722@breizh.free.fr> Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 00:49:55 +0100 From: Nicolas Souchu To: Joseph Chandler Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: parallel port backpack IDE/UDMA HardDrive References: <19991001172324.28823.rocketmail@web1004.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.81e In-Reply-To: <19991001172324.28823.rocketmail@web1004.mail.yahoo.com>; from Joseph Chandler on Fri, Oct 01, 1999 at 10:23:24AM -0700 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD breizh 4.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Oct 01, 1999 at 10:23:24AM -0700, Joseph Chandler wrote: > >Hi, I've been a Linux user since 94. I'm wanting to >move to FreeBSD for it's orgainization and package >management setup. I'm so sick of lib problems and >lack of source installs not updating the rpm database. Nobody here will disagree. > >Anyway, there is one thing I need to know before I >move over. Can you use a parallel port backpack IDE >harddrive in FreeBSD? No. > >In Linux, you load a parallel port driver and then a >parallel port IDE driver to get a backpack harddrive >to work. In the FreeBSD Hardware Faqs, this question >had a * with no answers on it. Has that supported be >added? Will it? If you do it yes. My advice about programming the parallel port under FreeBSD would help. > >Thanks for the help, > >Joseph >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > -- nsouch@free.fr / nsouch@freebsd.org FreeBSD - Turning PCs into workstations - http://www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message