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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!wupost!decwrl!decwrl!netcomsv!netcomsv!grumpy.symantec.com!narya!ksussman From: ksussman@symantec.com (Kurt Sussman) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Hardware for *BSD next weekend! Date: 2 Apr 1994 03:35:52 GMT Organization: Symantec Lines: 37 Distribution: world Message-ID: <2nip6pINNgm7@grumpy.symantec.com> Reply-To: ksussman@symantec.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 155.64.200.48 I'll be buying a system to put NetBSD on, or was it FreeBSD? And I'd like to get comments on my planned hardware list. I know a lot of this is in the FAQ, but withoout getting the distribution and unpacking it on my Sun at work, I'm not sure how to get the detail I'm looking for... This machine will be running a few text terminals, UUCP, mail and news. I have a multiport serial card that is already supported by NetBSD, and may soon be supported by FreeBSD, and I'll probably be running 1-4 terminals to start. Speed is not critical, and though I want to run X, I don't _need_ to run X. Maybe someday It'll run httpd, BIND, PPP on 1 or 2 ports, etc. Maybe. Here's my plan: 486DX2/66 ISA/VLB, 16M RAM Cheap S3 VLB video Adaptec 1542B The FAQ seems to suggest that this is the One True SCSI Card ... Is it better/faster/more featurful than the others? Or is the driver just more reliable? BIG (1G+, maybe that Q1800 1.8G drive...) SCSI disk Will I have to split a large drive into many tiny partitions? Or will 3/G be enough? Big case, lotsa fans, etc. Private mail is fine; if I get lots of great info I'll post a summary here and send this question/answer(s) to the keeper of the FAQ. TIA! --Kurt ___________________________________________________________________ Inflation is the one form of taxation that can be imposed without legislation. --Milton Friedman