Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 12:38:18 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> Cc: Jim Mock <jim@luna.osd.bsdi.com>, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Some PR Message-ID: <39428B1A.8AD90F2@softweyr.com> References: <20000610074518.A59845@daemon.ninth-circle.org> <20000610002259.B1654@luna.osd.bsdi.com> <20000610101557.A821@daemon.ninth-circle.org>
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Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote: > > -On [20000610 10:05], Jim Mock (jim@luna.osd.bsdi.com) wrote: > >On Sat, 10 Jun 2000 at 07:45:18 +0200, Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote: > > >> The result can be seen from http://www.highpoint-tech.com in the down > >> left corner. > > > >I just wanted to say, that this kicks ass :-) I know I told you that on > >IRC last night, but I figured I'd say it there too. Great job bro. > > *laughs* > > Well, I was talking to these guys, but they have been very receptive, > especially after I told them that we explicitely don't blame ATA > problems on their controller as per Microsoft and Linux but on the > disks, which I can testify. My IBM DPTA drive works a-ok. > > I will try and contact every other vendor and do some more PR work like > this. But for now I am going to do my end of the `bargain' and fix > HPT's entries on our website and such. =) Great work. I'll dig through my archives and see if I can find the list of proposed hardware-compatible vendors for you. The first one that leaps to mind is Abit, who list FreeBSD hardware compatible in the instruction booklets included with their motherboards. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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