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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!sgigate.sgi.com!enews.sgi.com!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!news.eunet.fi!KremlSun!kiae!relcom!tixm!diana!diana!not-for-mail From: klg@diana.tmbtax.tambov.su (Kabanov Leonid) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: PCI/Pentium and *BSD Date: 3 Aug 1994 09:03:45 -0000 Organization: Tambov Region Tax Inspection Lines: 25 Distribution: world Message-ID: <31nmhh$9ne@diana.tmbtax.tambov.su> References: <3164co$lvh@titania.pps.pgh.pa.us> NNTP-Posting-Host: diana.tmbtax.tambov.su X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Kevin Sullivan (ksulliva@oberon.pps.pgh.pa.us) wrote: : Hello. I am looking at fast 486 or Pentium boxes running NetBSD or FreeBSD : for use as low-cost servers in schools (elementary through high). : Currently we use Decstations and Sparcs. The machines have to serve mail, : NFS, WWW, IMAP, etc, as well as a large number of telnet sessions. I have : machines with both *BSDs now and they are working out pretty well. However : I am afraid that a 486/66 may not be powerful enough when 15-20 people log : in and want to use gopher (or whatever). : Has anyone tried NetBSD or FreeBSD on a Pentium? Have there been any : problems? Likewise, does either one run with PCI cards? I would like : to get a PCI SCSI card (maybe the Bustek 946C). I tried to install NetBSD & FreeBSD on a Pentium machine. NetBSD don't want to install. It's boot, init kernel, set root device and reboot. FreeBSD work normally, but don't look for my SCSI card( NCR CMDS PCI card). : Thanks for any information. I'll summarize any information I get. : -Kevin -- Just call my name, I'll hear your scream ... --------------------------------------------- E-mail: klg@tmbtax.tambov.su Leonid G. Kabanov