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Date:      Sat, 16 May 1998 20:52:59 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>
To:        Shan-Min Chao <shanmin@lvdi.net>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: CD-ROM installation
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95.980516204450.17001O-100000@current1.whistle.com>
In-Reply-To: <01bd80d9$4ec90f60$143781d0@shan>

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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
> 
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