Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 16:43:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Brian King <BKing@symantec.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD questions Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961010163737.1039C-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <0002D54C.3152@symantec.com>
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On Thu, 10 Oct 1996, Brian King wrote: > I've been using Linux for some time now, and have just recently > install WGS Linux Pro 4.0, which is based on RedHat 3.0.3. I'm very > impressed with the RedHat Package Management System. FreeBSD appears > to support LBA mode hard drives now, which was a hinderence for me in > the past. This brings me to two questions: > > 1. Does FreeBSD, v2.1.5 or v2.2-SNAPSHOT, support LBA mode? Why would you need such a mode? The only thing it's good for is sector translation for booting; once it's done that then FreeBSD has no need for any sector translation since it talks directly with the controller. I have my disks on LBA mode and they work fine on my P90 w/o any special support from FreeBSD. > 2. Do you have plans on implementing some kind of package management > system, such as RedHat, Debian, or a proprietary system? What's wrong with the pkg_add system? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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