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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!vbcnet-west!samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!news.pbi.net!news.mathworks.com!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!nntp.portal.ca!cynic.portal.ca!not-for-mail From: cjs@cynic.portal.ca (Curt Sampson) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux vs BSD Date: 21 Jan 1997 10:57:38 -0800 Organization: Internet Portal Services, Inc. Lines: 14 Message-ID: <5c33j2$2vh@cynic.portal.ca> References: <32DFFEAB.7704@usa.net> <5brtq9$c6d@news2.isdnet.net> <87iv4sns63.fsf@localhost.xs4all.nl> <m2915nyrxf.fsf@golfgod.raleigh.ibm.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cynic.portal.ca Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:153503 comp.os.linux.networking:65683 comp.os.linux.setup:93256 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5670 comp.unix.bsd.misc:1961 In article <m2915nyrxf.fsf@golfgod.raleigh.ibm.com>, Thomas Evans <tjevans@hotmail.com> wrote: > I prefer linux because it has...Zip drive support... What on earth is `Zip drive support'? I pluged a Zip drive into my Sparcstation running NetBSD, and it worked just fine. You can even boot from it (except on a PC, where the loosing SCSI BIOSes can't boot from anything but the lowest number drive). cjs -- Curt Sampson cjs@portal.ca Info at http://www.portal.ca/ Internet Portal Services, Inc. Vancouver, BC (604) 257-9400 De gustibus, aut bene aut nihil.