Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 00:49:55 +0100 From: Nicolas Souchu <nsouch@free.fr> To: Joseph Chandler <jwc_iv@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: parallel port backpack IDE/UDMA HardDrive Message-ID: <19991103004955.41722@breizh.free.fr> In-Reply-To: <19991001172324.28823.rocketmail@web1004.mail.yahoo.com>; from Joseph Chandler on Fri, Oct 01, 1999 at 10:23:24AM -0700 References: <19991001172324.28823.rocketmail@web1004.mail.yahoo.com>
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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
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