From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Sep 5 17:24:39 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from superman.imag.net (superman.imag.net [207.200.148.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEB8C14C3A for ; Sun, 5 Sep 1999 17:24:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from markh@lon.imag.net) Received: from lon-p72.wwdc.com (lon-p72.wwdc.com [207.200.138.73]) by superman.imag.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id RAA04990 for ; Sun, 5 Sep 1999 17:27:58 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 5 Sep 1999 17:27:58 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199909060027.RAA04990@superman.imag.net> X-Sender: lon1178@mail-east.imag.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Mark Hendriks Subject: Hardware Compatibility: Ultra DMA Hard Drives? Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG First of all, thanks to those who responded to my previous questions regarding installing FreeBSD (make my own install CD?) I decided to follow the advice of the person who suggested that I could get the CD by buying the FreeBSD book. It would be handy if that little tidbit was somewhere prominent on the website. I know someone else who is interested in FreeBSD, but "can't get the CD." On to the next problem: hard drives. On the website, under the section on hardware compatibility, there's a list of supported hard disk controllers. The systems that I am looking at buying all have Ultra DMA hard drives, which seems fairly common, but I don't see any mention of UMDA on the website. I have been told, by a salesperson I don't trust, (who had a reason I don't believe,) that UDMA won't be a problem. So, what's the scoop on UDMA and FreeBSD? Thanks again, Mark ------------------------------------------------------------ bogh tlhInganpu', SuvwI'pu' moj, Hegh - "Klingons are born, live as warriors, then die." source: The Klingon Way, Mark Okrand, 1996 ------------------------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message