Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 12:49:53 +0800 (WST) From: David Adam <zanchey@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> To: Subhro <subhro.kar@gmail.com> Cc: Remi Degruson <salami@degruson.isa-geek.org>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: (SOLVED) 5.4RELEASE: problem with my ST34311A UDMA666 controller Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0505291246250.26453@mussel.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <4298AFA5.2070805@gmail.com> References: <20050521160301.GA51988@legitimus> <20050528164553.GA19286@legitimus> <4298AFA5.2070805@gmail.com>
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Subhro, On Sat, 28 May 2005, Subhro wrote: > This is not something new or unexpected. Windows are Linux run happily > on a lot of garbage grade hardware. But FreeBSD is very fussy about > hardware. Thats the reason why a Linux box CAN create strange situations > due to hardware. But a FreeBSD box would not even be ready to boot up if > it does not find everything in tiptop condition. Actually, I'm not so sure. I have had at least one case where FreeBSD (in safe mode) has been the only thing that will boot with a dodgy HDD installed. Linux (a 2.4 kernel, admittedly) and Windows both refused to start. I was rather glad, too, because it was the only way I could get data off that disk! Cheers, David Adam zanchey@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au
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