From owner-freebsd-questions Sat May 16 21:01:18 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA27437 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 16 May 1998 21:01:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from alpo.whistle.com (alpo.whistle.com [207.76.204.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA27408 for ; Sat, 16 May 1998 21:01:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from julian@whistle.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by alpo.whistle.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id UAA02619; Sat, 16 May 1998 20:53:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from current1.whistle.com(207.76.205.22) via SMTP by alpo.whistle.com, id smtpd002616; Sun May 17 03:53:02 1998 Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 20:52:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer To: Shan-Min Chao cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CD-ROM installation In-Reply-To: <01bd80d9$4ec90f60$143781d0@shan> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 16 May 1998, Shan-Min Chao wrote: > Hi, > I have a simple question: I want to install > FreeBSD but I have one of those unsupported > CD-ROM drivers, namely the NEC 28B CD-ROM > and the Toshiba Xm5602B CD-ROM. Is there > any way I can still make my CD-ROM work > with FreeBSD? If they are SCSI or ATAPI/IDE then they are supported even if not specifically mentionned.. I don;t recognise those model numbers. > Also, if I buy one of the newer, unsupported > video cards, what can I do to make X-Windows > work? I mean, the new card won't be available > in the X-Win database list. What can I do? the X-win stuff is done by a separate group shared with linux. we don;t keep track of what they support. it should bbe possible to run it in SVGA mode at least to get something like 800x600 but to get specifics on better modes you should check with teh X people. The best place to look is in http://www.xfree86.org/ > Thanks in advance. Please e-mail me > directly. Appreciate the time! > > Shan-Min > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message