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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!taco.cc.ncsu.edu!crazytrain.eos.ncsu.edu!not-for-mail From: kpneal@eos.ncsu.edu (Kevin P. Neal) Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.osf.misc,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.sco.misc,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.sys5.misc,comp.unix.ultrix,comp.unix.unixware.misc,comp.unix.xenix.misc Subject: Re: Trying to research UNIX OS Followup-To: comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.osf.misc,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.sco.misc,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.sys5.misc,comp.unix.ultrix,comp.unix.unixware.misc,comp.unix.xenix.misc Date: 29 Mar 1996 19:10:57 GMT Organization: The House of RetroComputing Lines: 37 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <4jhck1$o2k@taco.cc.ncsu.edu> References: <Dp1KLC.398@nvc.cc.ca.us> NNTP-Posting-Host: crazytrain.eos.ncsu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.admin:40076 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:399 comp.unix.bsd.misc:600 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2697 comp.unix.misc:21678 comp.unix.osf.misc:2979 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:9085 comp.unix.sco.misc:15600 comp.unix.solaris:64650 comp.unix.sys5.misc:959 comp.unix.ultrix:27179 comp.unix.unixware.misc:11806 comp.unix.xenix.misc:1075 Chris Osborn (fozztexx@nvc.cc.ca.us) wrote: : I need to get a UNIX OS to replace the Linux I am currently running : on a Pentium/100. : : The requirements the new OS needs to fulfill are: : : * Compatible with current hardware: : Pentium/100 w/16megs RAM : Cogent PCI Ethernet card : BOCA 16-port board BB2016 : * Capability to support up to 16 simultaneous PPP sessions : * Ability to run CERN httpd for use as both HTTP server and : Proxy/Caching sever : * Ability to run Gated for routing and gating of IP packets : * Ability to assign multiple IP addresses to the single Ethernet : Interface : : I need to know what the pricing would be on this OS, and where I can : purchase it from. : : I have been trying to use Linux 1.2.13 for a while, and it crashes : every 2-4 days. This is completely unacceptable, and I need to get the : OS replaced ASAP with something that can run for months at a time, not : days. : How about FreeBSD? Yahoo seems to work fine with it. So does ftp.cdrom.com. You can check the web page at: http://www.freebsd.org It's cool. -- XCOMM -------------------------------------------------------- XCOMM Kevin P. Neal, Sophomore CSC/CPE kpneal@eos.ncsu.edu XCOMM North Carolina State University kevinneal@bix.com XCOMM --------------------------------------------------------