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Date:      Thu, 23 Jul 1998 13:20:05 -0700
From:      Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com>
To:        Joshua Goodall <joshua@ednet.co.uk>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Fun with UDMA
Message-ID:  <199807232020.NAA26097@hub.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.980723175310.22043B-100000@chopin.ednet.co.u k>
References:  <19980723133448.A11332@astro.psu.edu>

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At 06:06 PM 7/23/98 +0000, Joshua Goodall wrote:
>
>How how how.... can I install FreeBSD on a UDMA box? The machine itself 
>already has 95,NT,Linux 2.1.x all ticking over nicely. 
>
>I have the 2.2.6 CD's, but my understanding is that only the -current
>series supports UDMA. Do I need a 3.x.x-current boot/installer disk or am 
>I missing something stupid? If I need such a disk, can it be downloaded 
>or might I use my already-installed platforms for cross-compilation?
>
>I have 2GB spare; I want FreeBSD but if I can't install, Debian gets it 
>:-)
>
>Cheers
>
>Joshua Goodall
>joshua@ednet.co.uk

You don't have to worry. FreeBSD 2.2.6 may not support UDMA, but that just
means you lose a bit of speed. FreeBSD will just use the hard drive and
controller in 32-bit multiblock mode or whatever is the fastest it supports.

--Ludwig Pummer
ludwigp@bigfoot.com ludwigp@chipweb.ml.org
ICQ UIN: 692441   http://chipweb.home.ml.org

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