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From: dhuber@autelca.ascom.ch (Daniel Huber)
Subject: Some novice questions to 386BSD
Message-ID: <dhuber.711965446@autmgr>
Keywords: BSD 386BSD UNIX EISA
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Organization: Ascom Autelca AG, Guemligen, Switzerland
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 08:10:46 GMT
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Hi there,
After reading some FAQ's and Eric's guides there are still some open questions.
BTW. Is there a 386BSD FAQ?
I would be glad if you could give me some hint's. Thanks in advance.
I`m about to buy hardware for 386BSD:
- does 386BSD support EISA?
- would the following system work reasonable with 386BSD:
486/50Mhz, EISA, Adaptec 1742, Maxtor 340MB, 8-16MB RAM ?
- why choosing a EISA instead of ISA? Are there any advantages choosing EISA
vs. ISA with 386BSD?
- Is it possible to run 386BSD on a system with both, IDE and SCSI disks?
- Is it true that 386BSD still just provides single user (root)?
- Are 340MB sufficient? (want to run X11, GNU software {not emacs})
- It seems that there is a 16MB RAM (DMA RAM....) limit for ISA systems?
Will 386BSD with 16MB and X11 run fast enough?
- Eric's UNIX Hardware Guide provides a list of hardware vs. different UNIX
implementations running on them.
Is there such a list around for 386BSD running on what hardware?
- What are the minimal configs to boot from the "dist.fs" disk (385BSD-0.1)?
I'm just getting do-for-ever loops when I try it on different systems
(Epson NB3e (386) + 2MB RAM, Epson PC AX3/25 + 4MB RAM + MDB10, Compac 386
+ 4MB RAM, etc..)
-
Thanks again
Daniel
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