Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2000 21:58:07 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: bentley <hbrhodes@mediaone.net> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: want freeBSD, but some questions Message-ID: <20000305215807.M14279@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <01BF86EC.143CDC80.hbrhodes@mediaone.net>; from hbrhodes@mediaone.net on Sun, Mar 05, 2000 at 09:13:21PM -0500 References: <01BF86EC.143CDC80.hbrhodes@mediaone.net>
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* bentley <hbrhodes@mediaone.net> [000305 19:20] wrote: > I have a pci & a USB network card. I use win98se for now. I have for > years (or a ver of Win). I want a change. Either Linux or FreeBSD. Is > there a NAT program or daemon that will let me put the PCI card in the > other small computer (I could build) & use that NAT to share the internet > connection? Or does freeBSD have USB support for the NIC card? The nic > card is a 3c19250. Hrm, we have USB support here's what I know we have in 4.0: # ADMtek USB ethernet. Supports the LinkSys USB100TX, # the Billionton USB100, the Melco LU-ATX, the D-Link DSB-650TX # and the SMC 2202USB. Also works with the ADMtek AN986 Pegasus # eval board. device aue # # CATC USB-EL1201A USB ethernet. Supports the CATC Netmate # and Netmate II, and the Belkin F5U111. device cue # # Kawasaki LSI ethernet. Supports the LinkSys USB10T, # Entrega USB-NET-E45, Peracom Ethernet Adapter, the # 3Com 3c19250, the ADS Technologies USB-10BT, the ATen UC10T, # the Netgear EA101, the D-Link DSB-650, the SMC 2102USB # and 2104USB, and the Corega USB-T. device kue Although you can get el-cheapo PCI cards for about $15-25 if none of these seem to be right. > Does FreeBSD use the LINUX NATIVE partioning scheme of formating or is it a > different & better one as well? Will I be able to transfer my DOS 32 files > over to it? You can access a FAT filesystem from FreeBSD, however it's recommended that you use the native filesystem (FFS) for day-to-day usage. FreeBSD uses it's own filesystem > Lastly I have a pci Ultra DMA card that DOS recognizes that Linux wouldn't. > So I wanted to set up my pc as a Server platform & have almost 50-57 gigs > of stuff have open for storage, or access...but I couldn't because the > spare hard drives aren't recognized. I have two floppies only one was > found. I have 2 cdroms...only one was found...one of which is a burner. We have support for some esoteric PCI IDE cards, but you really haven't let us know which kind exactly. If anything FreeBSD-4.0 may support some of your more esoteric hardware. you can snag an ISO here: (the i386 one) ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/ISO-IMAGES/4.0-20000214-CURRENT/ -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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