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Subject: Questions on NetBSD-0.9
Message-ID: <1994Mar15.225346.13664@wisipc.weizmann.ac.il>
From: vadavid@wiscon.weizmann.ac.il (Sara Yaniv)
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 1994 22:53:46 GMT
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Hello,
I am just about to install NetBSD-0.9 on my 486DX/33 system.
I have some important questions before I do that:
1) Do I need a mouse driver in order to use the mouse in applications
which support mouse (like XFree86 ) ?
2) I have a modem. I wish to use it in order to dial out to other systems.
I heard that cu does not support Binary file transfer. Is there some
NetBSD-compatible program that allows you to transfer binary files
through modem ?
3) Since I have heard that NetBSD is not so stable on some systems (like
other OSs), Is there a chance it will work on my system ? I have a :
486DX/33 with 4Meg RAM, 1.44 floppy, 1.2 floppy and a 205 Meg IDE
disk (WD AC2250).
4) one last thing : Where can I get FreeBSD / NetBSD FAQs ?
Thanks alot in advance !
Ran Yaniv.
(Please email.)
disk (W