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From: peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: neosoft.users.freebsd,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Free BSD trouble
Date: 30 Jan 1997 18:26:30 -0600
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In article <5crd6v$6tt@uuneo.neosoft.com>,
Conrad Sabatier <conrads@neosoft.com> wrote:
>I wasn't sure how stable 2.2 would be. I had played with a CURRENT release a
>while back and had some problems, so I was leery of going with it.
What were you at before? If you were happy with it (and you sure seemed
to be) then it seems like a good place to be.
bonkers.taronga.com is still running 2.0.5.
>And recommendations for a *cheap*, compatible IDE CD-ROM? Sure, I'd love to
>convert to total SCSI, but I'm pinched right now.
I'd get a cheap generic CDROM and look for a "Toshiba" label on the box, or
get a SCSI controller and look for one of the places selling 1x SCSI CDROMs
seriously cheap (someone was boasting about getting 'em for $6.95!).
--
The Reverend Peter da Silva, ULC, COQO, BOFH.
Reality is the stuff that's still there when you turn the video off.