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Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD Compatible with my 3Com PnP Combo Ethernet Card?
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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