On Jan 11, 2005, at 3:32 PM, Drumslayer2 wrote:
> FreeBSD 4 does with adaptec, but I hate to build production systems
> on a version destined to be EOL'd within perhaps a year

FreeBSD is in the middle of releasing 4.11, and has committed to 
providing extended support for 4.10 through May 31, 2006 and for 
RELENG_4 (meaning 4.11, or possibly a 4.12 if need be) through January 
31, 2007.

[ See http://www.freebsd.org/security/ ]

-- 
-Chuck