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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!netnews.worldnet.att.net!newsadm From: Raymond Irwin <RIrwin@worldnet.att.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc Subject: Make World Question???? Date: 19 May 1996 03:56:28 GMT Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services Lines: 13 Message-ID: <4nm65c$4tj@mtinsc01-mgt.ops.worldnet.att.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 8.bridgeton-3.mo.dial-access.att.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22ATT (Windows; U; 16bit) I have never used BSD, so this might be a stupid question, but maybe somebody out there can clarify something for me. I read in the last issue of BYTE, in the letters section that FreeBSD has a "make world" command that "tests hardware to its fullest capability". I assume that "make world" compiles and tests all drivers. Anyway--I am looking for a good hardware testing program for servers that will be loaded with SCO and NT (intx86). We have no experience with BSD, and would not consider moving to the platform as being a VAR, our customers pretty much dictate the platform. My question then, how vigourous is the "make world"? What is it exactly? Could it be used to reliable test hardware for the platforms above? THNX IN ADV.