Date: Sat, 10 Jun 1995 15:22:28 -0700 From: sjs1@primenet.com (Scott Story) To: John Schweinfurth <jvschw@ibm.net>, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Hardware Questions Message-ID: <199506102222.PAA05281@mailhost.primenet.com>
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At 05:11 PM 6/10/95 CDT, John Schweinfurth wrote: >To whom it may concern... > >I'm considering giving FreeBSD a tryout. But before I buy the CD I've >got one question pertaining to my HD controller - a Promise DC4030VL2 >smart/caching IDE. > BSD should include a driver in the kernel that detects this drive so you should not need this driver. The boot manager shouls coexist with FreeBSD no problem but i am not a OS2 user so this is not based on personal experience. >I have drivers for this controller for Unix - docs say ATT SVR 4.0 or >SCO unix ver 3.2.x. What are the chances that this driver will install >and operate under the latest FreeBSD release? > >Also, my main OS is OS/2 Warp. How well does FreeBSD co-exist with >OS/2? Which boot manager would I use? > >TIA > >---------------------------- >| Send replies to: | >| John Schweinfurth | >| jvschw@ibm.net or | >| 73777.671@compuserve.com | >---------------------------- > > > I want to die quietly in my sleep like my grandfather, not SCREAMING! like his passengers <:) http://www.primenet.com/~sjs1/index sjs1@primenet.com
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