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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux:31331 comp.os.386bsd.questions:1077 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!haven.umd.edu!uunet!pipex!bnr.co.uk!uknet!cf-cm!paul From: paul@isl.cf.ac.uk (Paul) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux,comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: 386bsd, linux: which runs more out of the box? Message-ID: <1993Mar26.163937.21706@cm.cf.ac.uk> Date: 26 Mar 93 16:39:36 GMT References: <hwr.732890376@snert.ka.sub.org> <1oqlf5$i8b@agate.berkeley.edu> <1993Mar25.173656.19166@swan.pyr> <1oupbd$qfs@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu> Sender: news@cm.cf.ac.uk (Network News System) Organization: /usr/local/lib/rn/organisation Lines: 35 In article <1oupbd$qfs@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu> mycroft@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Charles Hannum) writes: > >In article <1993Mar25.173656.19166@swan.pyr> iiitac@swan.pyr (Alan Cox) >writes: >> >> I tried 386BSD and after discovering it stayed up for under 2 hours >> average out of the box and that the serial ports only did 2400 I gave >> it up. This has got to be an old version of 386BSD i.e. no patchkit or possibly even the 0.0 -- when was it you tried 386BSD. > >Well, since we seem to be in the `If it works on my machine, it must >work for *everyone*!' mood: > > 6:25am up 7 days, 8:20, 1 user, load average: 0.18, 0.06, 0.02 > >I only rebooted it then to change my kernel configuration. > >As for the serial ports, I use them at 9600 baud frequently. As Charles says above, I reboot due to kernel changes more often than the system crashes. I haven't had a crash for weeks and the machine regularly stays up for days before I reboot it manually for some reason. As for the serial ports -- they've been worked on substantially and are now capable of much higher speeds. -- Paul Richards, University of Wales, College Cardiff Internet: paul@isl.cf.ac.uk