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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!lucy.swin.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!grumpy.fl.net.au!news.webspan.net!newsfeeds.sol.net!newspump.sol.net!howland.erols.net!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu!news.iastate.edu!rhawkins From: rhawkins@iastate.edu (Rick Hawkins) 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 22:43:42 GMT Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa USA Lines: 28 Message-ID: <5c3gqu$m0n@news.iastate.edu> References: <32DFFEAB.7704@usa.net> <m2915nyrxf.fsf@golfgod.raleigh.ibm.com> <5c33j2$2vh@cynic.portal.ca> <mumfordE4DHpE.GIF@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pv21f2.vincent.iastate.edu Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:153431 comp.os.linux.networking:65635 comp.os.linux.setup:93202 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5664 comp.unix.bsd.misc:1956 In article <mumfordE4DHpE.GIF@netcom.com>, <mumford@no-spam.netcom.com> wrote: >In article <5c33j2$2vh@cynic.portal.ca>, >Curt Sampson <cjs@cynic.portal.ca> wrote: >>In article <m2915nyrxf.fsf@golfgod.raleigh.ibm.com>, >>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). >When someone speaks of zip drive support, they're usually speaking >of parallel port zip drive support, since there is no need for any >help to get the scsi drive working. Unless, of course, you're attaching a scsi zip to a mac running macos. Only device i've ever had problems with. However, i was able to install macbsd onto it with no problem . . . well, except my kids want it back, as it's the only drive on the powerbook they took from me :) -- R E HAWKINS rhawkins@iastate.edu These opinions will not be those of ISU until they pay my retainer.