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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!rex!ben From: ben@rex.uokhsc.edu (Benjamin Z. Goldsteen) Subject: Re: A few words about BSDI Message-ID: <CD259y.Mv6@rex.uokhsc.edu> Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1993 23:01:10 GMT Reply-To: benjamin-goldsteen@uokhsc.edu References: <kaleb.747151750@kanga.x.org> <CCuo34.5Gy@jshark.inet-uk.co.uk> <hastyCCy1EG.Azy@netcom.com> <CCyCK4.3KF@jshark.inet-uk.co.uk> Organization: Health Sciences Center, University of Oklahoma Keywords: BSDI review Lines: 18 joe@jshark.inet-uk.co.uk (Joe Sharkey) writes: >>If you have fast scsi controller and scsi disk drives in a 486DX50 or >>faster cpu your installation will be much quicker. The folks over at sun-lamp >>are claiming 1.4MB/sec disk transfer and we know that David Greeman's >>new ethernet driver can operate nearly at ethernet speed. It would >>not surprise me to hear someone installing the entire distribution >>including XFree86 under 20 minutes. >... And with a FDDI link, that's only 2 mins ;) >Meaningless, but fast! >So: How long does it take to install *BDS/BSD* *and* get a working system? A weekend -- Benjamin Z. Goldsteen