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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!imci3!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.comm.net!laitram.com!marksu From: marksu@laitram.com (Mark Sutton) 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 Date: 29 Mar 1996 19:36:03 GMT Organization: The Laitram Corporation. Lines: 66 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4jhe33$if6@earth.laitram.com> References: <Dp1KLC.398@nvc.cc.ca.us> NNTP-Posting-Host: messys.laitram.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.admin:40077 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:400 comp.unix.bsd.misc:601 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2698 comp.unix.misc:21679 comp.unix.osf.misc:2980 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:9086 comp.unix.sco.misc:15601 comp.unix.solaris:64651 comp.unix.sys5.misc:960 comp.unix.ultrix:27180 comp.unix.unixware.misc:11807 comp.unix.xenix.misc:1076 In article <Dp1KLC.398@nvc.cc.ca.us> fozztexx@nvc.cc.ca.us (Chris Osborn) writes: >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. To answer your question, since I am reading this in an SCO group, SCO OS5 will do what you want. You would need a 30 user license (the next lowest is 15, and you did say 16 simultaneous PPP sessions), which would run you $995.00 retail. Other commercial UNIX's have similar pricing. However, I must comment, as someone who admin's SCO and Linux boxes, that crashing every 2-4 days is totally abnormal. Two Linux boxes I administer (running 1.2.1, if anything, a tad less stable than your 1.2.13), crash about as often as our SCO systems which is to say ... roughly ... ALMOST NEVER! (Several months of trouble free operation from either OS, anyway, is typical.) It is very likely that your problem is not the OS at all but glichy hardware, and switching OS's would not solve your problem and simply waste your time and money. (BTW, the statement "It works in DOS, so the hardware must be fine" does not cut it. A heavily loaded multitasking kernel is much more demanding on your hardware than DOS.) Another possibility would be something in your kernel is misconfigured. In this case changing OS's would probably cure the problem, since it is not very likely that the same misconfiguration would occur when installing the new OS. However, the cure would be a coincidence, a rather expensive way to fix something that might be simple. It would be wise to rigorously check for these things before going through the hassle and expense of changing OS. Linux would actually be my first recommendation for your application and hardware, I'm convinced something else is causing your crashes. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Mark Sutton | Internet: mark.sutton@laitram.com | | The Laitram Corporation | Yoda of Borg am I. Futile resistance | | New Orleans, Louisiana | is. Assimilated you will be. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------