From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jul 23 13:21:08 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA26207 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 23 Jul 1998 13:21:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from inet.chipweb.ml.org (qmailr@c1003518-a.plstn1.sfba.home.com [24.1.82.47]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id NAA26097 for ; Thu, 23 Jul 1998 13:20:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ludwigp@bigfoot.com) Message-Id: <199807232020.NAA26097@hub.freebsd.org> Received: (qmail 26961 invoked from network); 23 Jul 1998 20:20:24 -0000 Received: from speedy.chipweb.ml.org (172.16.1.1) by inet.chipweb.ml.org with SMTP; 23 Jul 1998 20:20:24 -0000 X-Sender: ludwigp2@mail-r X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0.1 Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 13:20:05 -0700 To: Joshua Goodall , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Ludwig Pummer Subject: Re: Fun with UDMA In-Reply-To: References: <19980723133448.A11332@astro.psu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 06:06 PM 7/23/98 +0000, Joshua Goodall wrote: > >How how how.... can I install FreeBSD on a UDMA box? The machine itself >already has 95,NT,Linux 2.1.x all ticking over nicely. > >I have the 2.2.6 CD's, but my understanding is that only the -current >series supports UDMA. Do I need a 3.x.x-current boot/installer disk or am >I missing something stupid? If I need such a disk, can it be downloaded >or might I use my already-installed platforms for cross-compilation? > >I have 2GB spare; I want FreeBSD but if I can't install, Debian gets it >:-) > >Cheers > >Joshua Goodall >joshua@ednet.co.uk You don't have to worry. FreeBSD 2.2.6 may not support UDMA, but that just means you lose a bit of speed. FreeBSD will just use the hard drive and controller in 32-bit multiblock mode or whatever is the fastest it supports. --Ludwig Pummer ludwigp@bigfoot.com ludwigp@chipweb.ml.org ICQ UIN: 692441 http://chipweb.home.ml.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message