From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 26 18:14:37 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id SAA20261 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 26 Sep 1995 18:14:37 -0700 Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id SAA20244 for ; Tue, 26 Sep 1995 18:14:31 -0700 Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) id LAA18593; Wed, 27 Sep 1995 11:04:44 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199509270134.LAA18593@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Three Questions To: braddock@byron.apana.org.au Date: Wed, 27 Sep 1995 11:04:43 +0930 (CST) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199509270005.AA07657@byron.apana.org.au> from "Reg Braddock" at Sep 27, 95 09:30:10 am Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1272 Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Reg Braddock stands accused of saying: G'day Reg! 8) > I'm planning on installing FreeBSD after exams, but I have three > concerns about my ability to do so: > > 1) Will it install (are there the drivers) from cd with my mitsumi 4x > drive (an fx400 from memory)? At the moment this is connected via a > soundcard and os/2 picked it up on install. That depends on what sort sort of soundcard it is, and which interface the CD has. I'd be inclined to say that as 'after exams' would be mid-late november that 2.1 should be out by then, and the chances are good that your CD will be covered. > 2) Does FreeBSD have the ability to read HPFS partitions to ease the > transition between operating systems. No. > 3) Will it coexist with bootmanager? Yup, just fine, although you may prefer to use the FreeBSD bootmanager which doesn't require a partition of its own. > Reg. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" -Terry Lambert UNIX: live FreeBSD or die! [[