From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 21 17:13:33 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA17206 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 21 May 1996 17:13:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA17201 for ; Tue, 21 May 1996 17:13:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id JAA29460; Wed, 22 May 1996 09:57:18 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199605220027.JAA29460@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Specific Driver support question To: llay@sdcc10.ucsd.edu (Enigma) Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 09:57:17 +0930 (CST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Enigma" at May 21, 96 12:01:23 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Enigma stands accused of saying: > > I didn't see the Smartcache III from DPT on the list of supported SCSI > adaptors. Curious, is it NOT supported--or is there any way to get around > that? Strange though, FreeBSD is popular among servers--and DPT's SCSI > adaptors are also more popular among servers for their expandability and > extensive RAID support. DPT are looking seriously at supporting FreeBSD in the near future. Please call DPT and tell them that you'd like to pass on your expression of interest, particularly if you're likely to be a big customer. > Second question, is it possible to use BSD 4.3 filesystem on FreeBSD? I > was thinking... FreeBSD is based on BSD 4.4 lite--which decended from BSD > 4.3--so it should be able to, right? 4.3 from _what_? You have an old RA-81 with a 4.3 filesystem on it? You're just the person I'm looking for to offload this SCSI-SDI interface I picked up a while back! > Lucas. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[