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From: "Gary Chrysler" <tcg@ime.net>
To: "Frank Varnell" <fvarnell@znet.com>, <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject: Re: compaq and ATAPI cdroms
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 07:40:20 -0400
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IMHO a Dell is just the same. All those prefab mutations are.. :)

Build your own and use Azus w/Triton II.
You'll be happy.. :)

-Enjoy
Gary
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> From: Frank Varnell <fvarnell@znet.com>
> To: questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: compaq and ATAPI cdroms
> Date: Thursday, October 10, 1996 1:39 AM
> 
> > 
> 
> >Yes Frank,
> >          you need to get the 2.2-SNAPSHOT. It's the onlyu one that 
> >works. I just been through this.
> 
> >bob
> 
> >> I have been unable to install freebsd on my new computer.
> >> I have a Compaq 133Mhz Presario #4706. It has 2.5MB hard disk and
> >> an 8x IDE CDROM (I don't know which brand).Also has Windows95.
> >> I bought the Walnut Creek 2.1.5 Aug '96 release. It didn't have 
> >> the ATAPI.flp files mentioned in the book. So, I went back to the 
> >> 2.1 release which I had successfully installed on another 
> >> machine (dell w/ atapi).
> >> One of the reasons I bought this machine was that I thought a popular,
> >> mainstream machine would make an easy BSD install.
> >>
> 
> Thanks to all that responded. The above comment to use 2.2-SNAPSHOT was
> useful.
> I downloaded the boot.flp from the 2.2-SNAPSHOT and was able to use that
> to install
> the 2.1.5 release. It was too late at night to actually debug it however
> to see if
> I could get everything else to work and see if 2.1.5 would recognize the
> CDROM.
> After all the comments about Compaq, I think I might return it. It won't
> be a problem.
> It was a pretty good deal however.
> Since I might return it. How do y'all feelabout DELL? I have also seen
> mention of not
> getting a clone with the Triton chip set, but most all clones seem to
> have this. Any comments?
> Again, thanks! Oh yeah, What about HP Pavilions? they have pretty good
> packages as well. 
> P.S. the CDROM on my Compaq is a Hitachi CDR-7930.