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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!uknet!zippy.dct.ac.uk!gallifrey!amm Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Setting up a lab full of BSD machines - advice requested Message-ID: <1994Oct6.102844.7643@zippy.dct.ac.uk> From: amm@gallifrey.dct.ac.uk (Angus Marshall) Date: 6 Oct 94 10:28:44 +0100 Organization: University of Abertay Dundee Nntp-Posting-Host: tremas.dct.ac.uk Lines: 15 For an o/s couse I teach I'm considering switching from Minix to NetBSD. I'd like to check that my proposed lab setup is feasible though. I want to set up about 35 machines as workstations (about 50Mb of disk for NetBSD). All machines are 486 with at least 4Mb. These will connect to a server machines (probably our old VAX 11/750 or a dedicated PC) via NFS. Is this a realistic proposition with the current state of NetBSD or would I be better off with one of the other BSDs ? ----* Angus Marshall MCRAMM@DCT.AC.UK V:(+44)(0)382 308600 F:(+44)(0)382 308877 Dept. of Maths & Comp. Sci.,Univ. of Abertay Dundee,Bell St.,Dundee DD1 1HG,UK "I teach computer science, I love my classes, I'm the kinda teacher who wears dark glasses" (Timbuk3.1)