Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 14:02:06 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> Cc: "Kaleb S. KEITHLEY" <kaleb@ics.com>, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Boot kern.flp wedges -- now what? Message-ID: <199812182202.OAA02955@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 18 Dec 1998 12:09:05 EST." <13946.35442.260953.650982@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
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> > > > Also, FreeBSD does not yet support IDE devices > > > > You're talking about FreeBSD-alpha, right? FreeBSD-intel does IDE just > > fine. What's the story with IDE on alpha? > > Last I checked, isa devices requiring DMA didn't work yet, and the > new, pci-only driver wasn't yet done. (at least I though somebody was > working on one...) I'd be happy to be wrong about that ;-) This took a hit when Soren's system and his backup tapes were stolen. I'm not sure how much momentum we've lost, but I'd say quite a lot. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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