From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 30 14:53: 2 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from tetron02.tetronsoftware.com (ftp.tetronsoftware.com [208.236.46.106]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2EE914DA2 for ; Thu, 30 Dec 1999 14:52:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from zeus@tetronsoftware.com) Received: from tetron02.tetronsoftware.com (zeus@tetron02.tetronsoftware.com [208.236.46.106]) by tetron02.tetronsoftware.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA02106 for ; Thu, 30 Dec 1999 16:55:48 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from zeus@tetronsoftware.com) Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 16:55:48 -0600 (CST) From: Gene Harris To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: repeat: pci problem w/ de0 NIC In-Reply-To: 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 On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, Steve Lewis wrote: > Also, I object to the predominant attitude that 2.2.8 is old. Look at the > time-stamps. Yeah I know alot has changed in FreeBSD since, but the > calendar says the FreeBSD crew has been extremely productive. :) It's old man, I don't care what the time stamps say. You can think what you wanna think. If the system is built and working, then I say leave it alone. If it is new, then go with the current flow. It is easier to get help, and as I said before, the hardware support in 3.4 is stellar, to say the least. > reason - as I said, it's the latest thing I have burned on CD. With a cable modem, why do you care? Geez Louise You can always hook a Win machine up to download the OS at light speed. You can even install via ftp from the boot floppies. My crummy little isdn line let me do the whole shebang in about 4 hours from a floppy boot. Gene Harris To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message