Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 10:49:50 -0600 (CST) From: "Roger P. Johnson" <rpj@fep.hirshfields.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Will FreeBSD *ever* fix their 2940U drivers ??????????????? Message-ID: <199901221649.KAA04421@fep.hirshfields.com> In-Reply-To: <199901221525.JAA14519@iworks.interworks.org> from "Daniel M. Eischen" at "Jan 22, 99 09:25:57 am"
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> And you seem to totally ignore the fact that the NetBSD aic7xxx
> driver is the same aic7xxx driver that is found in FreeBSD!!!!!
Do you know that for _fact_ or are yo reguritating what "everyone
else" says. If they are the _same_ then should both boot floppies should
either hang or both boot.
> Granted, maybe you have something quirky about your motherboard
> that gives FreeBSD problems - I don't know much about motherboard
> BIOS problems having only used FreeBSD on 4 or 5 different types
> of motherboards.
>
> Have you even tried FreeBSD 2.2.8 or 3.0 to *see* if the boot
> floppies will work?
I believe I grabbed a copy of 2.2.8-(stable?) and 3.0-(stable?) as
of last summer sometime. It has been awhile. But yes I did try it
_at_ _that_ _time_.
> I suggest you try 3.0-RELEASE, 2.2.6 is rather old and there
> have been substantial changes since then -- even with the aic7xxx
> driver.
If I can muster up enough energy to try it again, I will.
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