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Date:      Tue, 20 Feb 1996 01:07:58 +0100
From:      se@zpr.uni-koeln.de (Stefan Esser)
To:        "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@ki.net>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Compaq DeskPro Support...
Message-ID:  <199602200007.AA06563@Sysiphos>
In-Reply-To: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@ki.net> "Compaq DeskPro Support..." (Feb 19, 18:59)

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On Feb 19, 18:59, "Marc G. Fournier" wrote:
} Subject: Compaq DeskPro Support...
} 
} Hi...
} 
} 	I've offered my time to try and help one of the local FreeNets
} with an upgrade of one of their machines from ... Linux *eech* to FreeBSD,
} but the hardware they are using, they've had problems with getting it all to
} work well with Linux, so figure I should check and see if I should expect
} similar problems with FreeBSD.

AFAIK, the Deskpro works just fine with a recent version 
of FreeBSD (best if you try the latest 2.2-SNAP) ...

Compaq has the configuration accesses to their chip set
broken (not compliant to the PCI specs) and that caused
lots of trouble ...

Let me know if you can't get it to work.

Regards, STefan
-- 
 Stefan Esser, Zentrum fuer Paralleles Rechnen		Tel:	+49 221 4706021
 Universitaet zu Koeln, Weyertal 80, 50931 Koeln	FAX:	+49 221 4705160
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