From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 2 06:14:05 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id GAA24695 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 2 Oct 1997 06:14:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from omnigate.clarkson.edu (omnigate.clarkson.edu [128.153.4.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id GAA24688 for ; Thu, 2 Oct 1997 06:13:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sun.soe.clarkson.edu by omnigate.clarkson.edu with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #7) id m0xGl4U-001VcJC; Thu, 2 Oct 97 09:13 EDT Received: from moo.mie.clarkson.edu by sun.soe.clarkson.edu (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA08591; Thu, 2 Oct 97 09:13:36 EDT Message-Id: <34339DFF.66B510EA@sun.soe.clarkson.edu> Date: Thu, 02 Oct 1997 09:13:35 -0400 From: "Jeffrey A. Taylor" Organization: Clarkson University X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.01 [en] (Win95; I) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Is FreeBSD Compatible with my 3Com PnP Combo Ethernet Card? X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I've been running a Windows95 on my PentiumPro machine for 6 months now, and need to install a UNIX based OS on my machine (as recently specified by the company funding my research). I have a brand spank'n new Western Digital 4Gb Cavier drive just waiting for the new OS, and I'm trying to decide the best way to get UNIX on my PC. FreeBSD looks like a great candidate, but I need to be sure I can get data acquired using my Windows95 based DAQ system to the UNIX drive(via the backup drive on my PPC machine), and ultimately to the company I'm working for. Basically, I need to know weather FreeBSD supports the 3Com PnP ethernet cards? And if the PnP cards are not supported by FreeBSD, do you have any suggestions on moving the data from the Windows95 drive to the UNIX drive? Thank you for your time; -- Jeffrey A. Taylor Clarkson University Box 5725 Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering Potsdam, NY 13699-5725 taylorja@sun.soe.clarkson.edu Phone: (315) 268-3825 Fax: (315) 268-6695