🚀 go-pugleaf

ipswtafe@gil.ipswichcity.qld.gov.au (Eric Hornsby) writes:

>Can someone tell me if I can upgrade my current system (which is a 1.2.13 
>kernel, but mostly setup for 1.2.8 a.out stuff) to do what I want ?  Do I need 
>to go to an elf system to run the aha2940 ?  Do I have to scrap it all and get 
>a whole newer distribution ?  If I can keep what I've got and just upgrade the 
>compiler and a few bits...what are they ?

Here's my 2 cents worth.

Dump Linux and get FreeBSD. IMHO it's a much better OS, and before people get
on my case I ran Linux (1.2.13 and 1.3.35 -> 1.3.38) before I made up my mind
to switch.

I've been running 2.0.5 about a year and 2.1.0 since it came out without any
troubles and it supports a large number of PCI cards, including the 2940 (I've
got a 2940 card running on 2.0.5 as we speak).

2.1.0-stable can run linux binaries if you need to, and the latest version
2.1.5 will be available in a month or so.

You can get FreeBSD from ftp.dstc.edu.au.

Gavin

PS Flames to /dev/null, if you don't like what I say ignore me!