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From: byron@ocf.nms.unt.edu (Byron Goodman)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: SMC Elite "Ultra" not supported by ed driver?!
Date: 14 Apr 1994 19:39:46 GMT
Organization: University of North Texas
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Thor Lancelot Simon (tls@panix.com) wrote:
: Has anyone had any luck using NetBSD 0.9 with an Ethercard Elite Ultra?  If
: so, did you experience any problems like the one I'm having now?  What did you
: do about them?

Try running FreeBSD instead of Net.

: If this is a bug in the driver, is it fixed in the -current driver?  Or does
: it not exist in the FreeBSD driver?  I'd rather run NetBSD, since I have a Sun
: 3 I'm planning to use it on as well, but if FreeBSD will work with my hardware
: and NetBSD won't, I'm certainly not averse to the idea of using it.

We've had no problems with FreeBSD.  We're running 1.0.2...

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