From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jul 1 23:46:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA14641 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 1 Jul 1998 23:46:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA14557 for ; Wed, 1 Jul 1998 23:46:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.8) with SMTP id XAA21558; Wed, 1 Jul 1998 23:45:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 23:45:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Jeff cc: fbsd Subject: Re: newbie user/installer, dual boot In-Reply-To: <35951C23.3AB5A86C@soltec.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In case you hadn't received a reply to this yet... On Sat, 27 Jun 1998, Jeff wrote: > I use a PPro 200, Intel sys I/O board, 64 MB RAM, S3 Trio video board w/ > 2 MB, a Motorola Bitsurfer 288 modem, Wehrends (sp?) 24 x CD ROM (IDE), > NEC Silentwriter Superscript 660 laser printer, and an HP 4p Scanjet > scanner with its SCSI card. I currently use Win 95. > > I would like to set up a dual boot sys. & eventually, if possible, just > trash & throw out Win 9x. > > I have deleted partitions, now having a 1.29 GB HDD for install, clear & > free. The other HDD is a 5.1 GB Western Digital (Both HDD's are WD.). > > Questions: Does anyone know anything about my scanner & its card, > printer, and other peripherals listed? If so, can you offer any helpful > input? I'm very comfortable hardware-wise, working around in the > system. I get a little shaky when it comes to "tweaking" an OS. Actually, you might be able to use the scanner since it's a scanjet. The SCSI card may be NCR-based which the driver may pick up. Not sure though. Printer shouldn't be a problem. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message