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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:3370 comp.unix.bsd:12135 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!spool.mu.edu!caen!usenet.coe.montana.edu!osyjm From: osyjm@cs.montana.edu (Jaye Mathisen) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,alt.os.bsdi,comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: 386BSD vs. BSD386 Date: 29 Jun 1993 23:46:24 GMT Organization: Computer Science, MSU, Bozeman MT Lines: 49 Message-ID: <20qk8g$otl@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <C98zMo.KFr@magnus1.uucp> <O> <C9E6Iq.1C99@austin.ibm.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: fubar.cs.montana.edu In article <C9E6Iq.1C99@austin.ibm.com> guyd@austin.ibm.com (Guy Dawson) writes: > > >[ posting 'cos the mail bounces ] > >In article <C98zMo.KFr@magnus1.uucp>, davidr@magnus1.uucp (Bulletin board login) writes: >> I have been really interested in 386BSD for the last few months as the main >> OS that I'll be running once I get my new computer next week, but recently I >> have been attracted to a comercial product called interestingly enough BSD386. >> Is there an FTP site where I can get some more information on this UNIX or >> does anyone here have any experience with it? I do know that it will work >> with my system, and in fact I have found no other UNIX that comes with SGCS's >> X package. I need this package because it is the only X that will soon support >> the Diamond Viper video card. The kind of questions that I want answered now >> are of overall speed compared to other UNIXes for the 386/486 and reliability. >> I don't want a UNIX that is going to crash every 5 minutes. Thank you! > >I'm a very happy user of BSD/386. I spent my money and am happy with the system. > >You can get info from BSDi's ftp site - bsdi.com > >As for speed... I've not compared against other systems. It would expect it to >be similar to 386BSD and NetBSD as all three are based on the UCB Net-2 tape. BSD/386 hauls butt compared to 386BSD . I had a 486dx33, 8MB ram, S3 924, 4 xterms, xbiff, xload, SLIP, emacs, and a cc all running, and it was as peppy as could be. The nearly same config buried 386BSD. My understanding is that BSDI has done mucho work on the vm system, and it shows. BSDI's big problem is that since they have to provide stability as a commercial product, they can't be "bleeding" edge like 386BSD/NetBSD can be with people coming out with new cool stuff every 10 minutes. However, BSD/386 is very stable. The installation utilities alone blow NetBSD and 386BSD out of the water. disksetup -i is slick, and easy to use. BSD/386 has some deficiencies in the uninstall area (try rm -rf), and from a brief perusal of the docs, upgrades come in the form of reinstalls. BSD/386 doesn't support as many peripheral controllers as 386BSD. SCSI support, while fast for Adaptec, is lacking in terms of supporting other controllers. I have both 386BSd and BSD/386. I will probably stick with BSD/386. -- Jaye Mathisen, COE Systems Manager (406) 994-4780 410 Roberts Hall,Dept. of Computer Science Montana State University,Bozeman MT 59717 osyjm@cs.montana.edu