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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.bhp.com.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!ames!enews.sgi.com!sgigate.sgi.com!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sesqui.net!uuneo.neosoft.com!usenet From: Clark B <clark@bcgi.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Problem with tape backup Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 12:32:45 -0500 Organization: BCGI.com Lines: 37 Message-ID: <317D143D.516F@bcgi.com> References: <31752B90.73EA@shoreland.com> <4l6e1t$1oj@uriah.heep.sax.de> <31797F55.1422@bcgi.com> <4le8ep$f8r@uriah.heep.sax.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: win.bcgi.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.01Gold (WinNT; I) J Wunsch wrote: > > Nope, but you need to: > > . configure your kernel for it (though the GENERIC kernel has the ft > device in it), > . make sure it's recognized and announced at boot time, > . then use ft(8)... > > Are steps 1 and 2 okay for you? The steps are fine and understood.... [stupid question mode: ON] 1. Does configure kernel = recompile kernel? or is there another way to do it? 2. Does FreeBSD kernels compile the same way Linux kernels do? [sqm: OFF] Anyways..... FreeBSD is **MUCH FASTER** than linux. The install was unbelievably easy and it only took 2 1/2 hours from fdisk on linux to COMPLETELY installed AND functioning FreeBSD machine! I was impressed. Plus FreeBSD seems to be more secure.... Haven't had a hacker problem since I upgraded last week. -=-clark