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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!portc01.blue.aol.com!portc02.blue.aol.com!howland.erols.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!iag.net!tous2.oau.org!bilver!bill From: bill@bilver.oau.org (Bill Vermillion) Subject: Re: Linux vs BSD Organization: W. J. Vermillion - Orlando / Winter Park, FL Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 14:53:08 GMT Message-ID: <1997Jan27.145308.19402@bilver.oau.org> References: <32DFFEAB.7704@usa.net> <87iv4sns63.fsf@localhost.xs4all.nl> <m2915nyrxf.fsf@golfgod.raleigh.ibm.com> <5c33j2$2vh@cynic.portal.ca> Lines: 19 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:154410 comp.os.linux.networking:66269 comp.os.linux.setup:94042 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5744 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2042 In article <5c33j2$2vh@cynic.portal.ca>, Curt Sampson <cjs@cynic.portal.ca> wrote: >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). I can boot from a ZIP on my PC clone hardware - using an Adaptec 1542CF. All you have to do is tell the card what device to scan for bios. Cheaper cards aren't that friendly. -- Bill Vermillion - bill.vermillion@oau.org | bill@bilver.com