From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 20 21:39: 3 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.169.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0FF737B418 for ; Tue, 20 Nov 2001 21:38:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from tedm.placo.com (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.168.154]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id fAL5cvR23014 for ; Tue, 20 Nov 2001 21:38:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: Subject: FW: Bugfixes, Support, etc. (was: RE: home pc use) Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 21:38:57 -0800 Message-ID: <002501c1724e$d0b939e0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of Andrew C. >Hornback >Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 12:51 PM >To: Toomas Aas; questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: Bugfixes, Support, etc. (was: RE: home pc use) > > When a user finds a piece of hardware that does not work >properly under >FreeBSD, they have to make one of three choices. 1) Either live with the >problems, 2) Research the problem, see if a fix has been created, and apply >the fix or 3) Find another OS that supports your hardware better. If I'm >wrong, would someone please correct me. > option 4 is to scrap the hardware and replace it with known good hardware. Computers are component systems. There's no excuse for bitching about something like a NIC when replacing it is so cheap. Even a motherboard beef is a bit suspicious, Fry's loves to discount 'em. Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message