From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 23 13:30:15 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA16760 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 23 Jan 1998 13:30:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA16749 for ; Fri, 23 Jan 1998 13:30:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id NAA08427; Fri, 23 Jan 1998 13:30:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 13:30:04 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Russ Howard cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Questions In-Reply-To: <34C77AE7.5AFD@sabre.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Thu, 22 Jan 1998, Russ Howard wrote: > I am thinking of putting either Linux, Free BSD, or some form of Unix on > my system at home to coexist with my Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0, and > OS/2 Warp 4 partitions. Linux appears to be out, because it doesn't > support plug 'n pray (at least that's what I read at the Red Hat > homepage). Does Free BSD support plug 'n play (I couldn't find it in the > online docs)? Also, here is my system : FreeBSD does, but you have to patch the kernel first. > Blaster 6X CD-ROM (off of its own PNP EIDE card) That probably won't work. You may want to move the CD onto the secondary IDE channel on your motherboard. > Parallel Port Zip Drive Another kernel patch to get that working. > Microsoft Inport Bus Mouse (off of its own PNP card) Barf. Can you force the InPort card? If you can then you can point the mse0 driver at it. > D: 549MB FAT Primary Linux or Free BSD FreeBSD can go here, but you have to delete the partition first since FreeBSD uses a native partition format. > Will this drive setup work with BSD? > Will Free BSD cooperate with my system? Also, when was the last official > version of Free BSD cut and when will the next one be (I want to get the > most current official release)? What is the version number of the most > current official release? Thanks for your help with this. Current release is 2.2.5, available from ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/. > P.S. You can send the answers either to rhoward@sabre.com (work) or > falcon@dhc.net (home). The reply is going where this one came from. If you don't like that then set up a Reply-To: header line. ;) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major