From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 25 22:32:08 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id WAA09871 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 25 Dec 1996 22:32:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts11-line4.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.119]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id WAA09866 for ; Wed, 25 Dec 1996 22:32:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.2/8.6.12) with SMTP id WAA00311; Wed, 25 Dec 1996 22:31:57 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 25 Dec 1996 22:31:57 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Alan Curtis cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux vs. FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <32BED82B.1D6F@netassociates.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 23 Dec 1996, Alan Curtis wrote: > As a novice to the whole FreeBSD/Linux thing, I would have to say from > looking at binary archives that FreeBSD is the more common platform. > One problem is that the Linux shell automatically recognizes the WD7000 > SCSI card whereas the FreeBSD does not at all. Any solutions? I am > interested in using FreeBSD, but am presently more interested in Linux > because of its ease of use upon installation. The WD7000 SCSI controllers are supported, just not in the default GENERIC kernel. You'll have to rebuild it with the wds device in order to get it detected. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major