Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 15:26:28 -0800 From: Chris Pressey <cpressey@catseye.mine.nu> To: fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com Cc: runman@speedfactory.net Subject: Re: Does FreeBSD allow one to use the Floppy Drive on a SunBlade 100 ? Message-ID: <20031229152628.7f5a7793.cpressey@catseye.mine.nu> In-Reply-To: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGAEGDFCAA.fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com> References: <000801c3ce5b$d65fe360$0a00a8c0@atlas> <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGAEGDFCAA.fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com>
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> > -----Original Message----- > > I am looking for a replacement OS that I can put on my SunBlade > > 100. Currently I am using Solaris 9. I have looked at Debian and > > OpenBSD and both OS's cannot use the floppy drive. I have Googled > > and I know that FreeBSD 4.9 cannot utilize the floppy drive as well > > as (I think) 5.0. Does 5.1 change this ? > > > > TIA > > > > Greg On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 18:05:40 -0500 "fbsd_user" <fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com> wrote: > I have Googled and I know that FreeBSD 4.9 cannot utilize the > floppy drive as well. > > You are complete wrong. > > I have been using FBSD since 4.2 and the floppy has been working for > me. According to http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.0R/hardware-sparc64.html, "1.44 Mbyte floppy drives" are not supported. http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.1R/hardware-sparc64.html doesn't say anything about floppy drives that I could find, but it says that Sun Blade 100 is "Fully Supported." I suppose can infer from that that floppy drive support on the Sun Blade 100 made it in between 5.0 and 5.1. -Chris
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