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From: eka@stack.urc.tue.nl (E. Durmin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.amiga,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Few questions about NetBSD
Date: 06 Feb 96 09:11:53 +0100
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Hello,
I've just installed NetBSD 1.1 on my Amiga.
The Installation was very easy :)
I've been using Linux for a week and now I want to try NetBSD.
I have a few questions:
- Is it possible to boot NetBSD with a normal NTSC/PAL screen?
When I use 'loadbsd netbsd' I get an interlaced screen :(
- On Linux it is possible to use virtual consoles... is it also possible on
NetBSD?
- On my Unix-account on the university I use 'csh' as my default shell.
I did this too on NetBSD, but when I press the cursorkeys I just get weird
characters. Usually it is possible to "go back to previous commands" when
pressing these keys.
- I've heard that NetBSD uses a just little bit more memory than Linux...
I've downloaded top (top-3.3) and tried to start top.
It doesn't start... it says that there was no memory left...
Do I really have no memory left or is the swap partition not in use?
Does 'swapon -a' turns on the swap partition or is NetBSD automatically
turning on the swap-partition?
I know that I don't have much memory (only 4 Mb), but on Linux I can
execute top more than once...
- How can I know if NetBSD is using the swap-partition and how much memory
is left?
BTW, My system:
- A1200 2Mb Chip
- Mtec1228 4Mb Fast, 68030/68881 28Mhz
- WDC 1080 Mb IDE HD
Thanx!
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