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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!gmi!zombie.ncsc.mil!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!sgiblab!sisters.cs.uoregon.edu!cs.uoregon.edu!reuter.cse.ogi.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!selway.umt.edu!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: VESA local bus IDE controller with FreeBSD? Date: 27 Sep 1994 15:20:59 GMT Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman Montana Lines: 19 Message-ID: <369d8r$eql@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <3618mr$hiq@ucthpx.uct.ac.za> NNTP-Posting-Host: 153.90.192.29 Keywords: IDE FreeBSD h/drive bus vesa In article <3618mr$hiq@ucthpx.uct.ac.za>, S Marquard <smarq@ucthpx.uct.ac.za> wrote: >Is it possible to use a VESA local bus IDE controller with FreeBSD? Works on my Pentium box w/no problems. >If so, will such a controller produce faster throughput or anything >else advantageous? Because the VLB bus is faster, you will get more data going through which means faster throughput. Nate -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | FreeBSD core member and all around tech. nate@cs.montana.edu | weenie. work #: (406) 994-4836 | home #: (406) 586-0579 | Available for contract/otherwise work.