Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 14:48:28 -0800 (PST) From: Steve Lewis <nepolon@systray.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: repeat: pci problem w/ de0 NIC Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9912301434500.28549-100000@greg.ad9.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912301604360.1846-100000@tetron02.tetronsoftware.com>
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On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, Gene Harris wrote: > > -using 2.2.8-Release (the latest thing I have on CD) > This does not answer your question. You will get a lot more > hardware support, better routing, better security and better > administration with a 3.x release. Why build a new system > with such an old release? No it doesn't answer my question. Someone suggested that I look at vr instead of de ... anyone have a link suggestion for research? It doesn't make much sense for me to go through the irritation of rebuilding the machine if there is no solution to my problem. Also, I object to the predominant attitude that 2.2.8 is old. Look at the time-stamps. Yeah I know alot has changed in FreeBSD since, but the calendar says the FreeBSD crew has been extremely productive. :) <excuses follow> reason - as I said, it's the latest thing I have burned on CD. reason - I already had the boot floppy (note singular) made reason - habit, I just had the service installed and I'm not used to having this kind of bandwidth. Doh. Didn't consider a network install. --Steve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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