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Date:      Mon, 8 Nov 2004 17:03:13 +0530
From:      Subhro <subhro.kar@gmail.com>
To:        craig@small-pla.net
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: error installing 5.3-stable - WRITE_DMA
Message-ID:  <b2807d0404110803337536223d@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <002301c4c57f$ec9e43d0$6500a8c0@jupiter>
References:  <002301c4c57f$ec9e43d0$6500a8c0@jupiter>

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On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 11:44:25 +0100, craig <craig@small-pla.net> wrote:

> 
> out of desperation, i'm going to install a linux distro that i happen to
> have found laying about (as only linux disks can...)
> if it installs fine, then i would assume that the *hardware* is fine and
> that the problem must lie with fBSD.
> is that a fair assumption?
> 

Unfortunately it is not, FreeBSD  is very very picky about hardware.
If the hardware is not working 100% fine, FreeBSD would complain
although Windoze and Linux would live happily with it.

Regards
S.


-- 
Subhro Sankha Kar
School of Information Technology
Block AQ-13/1 Sector V
ZIP 700091
India



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