Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 12:52:54 -0600 From: "Eric L. Hernes" <erich@lodgenet.com> To: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@kryten.Atinc.COM> Cc: Mark Newton <newton@communica.com.au>, Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>, hasty@rah.star-gate.com, scrappy@hub.org, grog@lemis.de, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adding New Hard Drives: A Major Complaint Message-ID: <199511211852.MAA21316@jake.lodgenet.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 21 Nov 1995 09:24:38 EST." <Pine.3.89.9511210921.A1055-0100000@kryten.atinc.com>
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"Jonathan M. Bresler" writes: >On Tue, 21 Nov 1995, Mark Newton wrote: > > > HEY! i got a Kennedy 9612 1/2-inch 9-track tape drive here that >works very well, thank you. > >> [ Hey! At least we'd then have a device that we support which Linux doesn't >> <grin> ] > > so we do have a device that we support which Linux doesn't <GRIN> > If you're looking for hardware that works under FreeBSD and not Linux... We've got a couple of compaq desktop units here with integrated pci/ether/vga/ide/kitchen sink... The one running FreeBSD at least finds the pci bus, linux doesn't. I had to pull a pci .c file out of -current, but it at least works. As for the ether, well that's another story, but if_de at least gets close enough where I can hack the driver to get it working.. ;) > >Jonathan M. Bresler jmb@kryten.atinc.com | Analysis & Technology, Inc. > >FreeBSD Postmaster jmb@FreeBSD.Org | 2341 Jeff Davis Hwy >play go. | Arlington, VA 22202 >ride bike. hack FreeBSD.--ah the good life | 703-418-2800 x346 > eric. -- erich@lodgenet.com erich@rrnet.com
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