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From: michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: Performance in a 486DX66 with NetBSD?
Date: 17 Nov 1994 03:53:54 GMT
Organization: HeadCandy Associates... Sweets for the lobes.
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In-reply-to: olli@ludd.luth.se's message of 16 Nov 1994 18:58:16 GMT
In article <3adko8$c13@omega.ludd.luth.se> olli@ludd.luth.se (jukka olli) writes:
can anyone tell me what kind of power it is possible to get out of a
486DX setup with NetBSD.
Many people have compared it favorably to small Sun workstations. My
486DX2/80 runs almost neck-and-neck with my DECstation 5000/25 at
work. The main difference that my DECstation constantly runs out of
memory (with 24MB), where my 486 with 20MB usually runs nice and easy
(this comes from the fact that RISC code is bigger, and NetBSD's
shared libraries free up a lot more memory than Ultrix' staticly
linked binaries).
Where do i find installdisks and how many is it, is it true that it is
only 7 disks gzipped ??.
You can find the entire distribution on ftp.iastate.edu in
/pub/netbsd/NetBSD-1.0/, among many other sites.
It depends on what all you want to install. You can install just the
bare-bones basic system, or everything you can get your hands on.
It's your choice. Browse the FTP site and see for yourself.
What kind of graphic adapter do i need to run X11??
Just about any will do. Find the FAQ for XFree86-3.1, also on
ftp.iastate.edu in /pub/netbsd/XFree86/. X does not come packaged
with NetBSD -- it is a separate package altogether.
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Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@HeadCandy.com michaelv@iastate.edu
Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x for PC/Mac/Amiga/etc.
Working NetBSD ports: 386+PC, Mac, Amiga, HP300, Sun3, Sun4c, PC532
In progress: DEC pmax (MIPS R2k/3k), VAX, Sun4m
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