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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
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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