Date: Thu, 02 Oct 1997 09:44:39 -0500 From: bla bla <parrothd@midwest.net> To: "Jeffrey A. Taylor" <taylorja@sun.soe.clarkson.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD Compatible with my 3Com PnP Combo Ethernet Card? Message-ID: <3433B357.443E@midwest.net> References: <34339DFF.66B510EA@sun.soe.clarkson.edu>
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Burn PnP card, buy new one? :) Once you get FreeBSD up and running you can mount the other dos drive in your FreeBSD file system. However I don't think that long file names are supported when writting to the dos drive, I think it appends it? Then you can tape-back-up what ever data you need to move. Or you can add PnP support to your kernel, but it's probably easier to just buy $40 Non-PnP ethernet card. Or you may be able to dis-able PnP on the 3com card, and hard set it to an open I/O and IRQ..... Later Jeffrey A. Taylor wrote: > > 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
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