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From: nerle@pdv.de (Dirk Nerling)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1.0 on 386DX20 w/12MB Slow... Normal?
Date: 31 May 1996 10:42:24 GMT
Organization: PDV-Systeme Erfurt
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Hello,
In article <4ok64q$e7@dfw-ixnews2.ix.netcom.com>, takakami@ix.netcom.cos
says...
>I'd love to try snap shot version, but I am an unix novice. I don't
>know enought to get around not-fully-debugged versions, and I don't
>want to fill this usenet group with "HHHEEEELLLLPPP" posts of my own.
I run the SNAP wihout any seroius problems! IMHO If you don't need
the new advantages of the the SNAP, you won't need other help, than
under 2.1R.
>My install of 2.1.0 took over 3 hours using floppy on my machine and I
>have plenty of RAM. (8mb on MB and 4mb more on bus)
Seems enough, I ran FreeBSD 2.1R with an 386SX-20 and 5MB
with a normal performance I think. The machine acted as a ppp
router to dial my ISP. I disabled nfs and other things, I
didn't need. Although I now switched this box to a 386-DX-40
with 8MB and surprise, suprise I can really work with the
machine. Dial into from other sites, act as a router for the
ISP, using modem and ISDN.
>Just to tell you how slow it is, if I do man **anything** for the first
>time, it takes 2 ~ 3 minutes to uncompress the man page I asked for.
>It will be faster after the 2nd time, of course.
If you often read man pages ;-), perhaps you should switch to
an 486-DX. It's a real jump, cause of the internal cache. And you
should be able to get a used 486board for at least $75,- Perhaps
you could use your RAM, HDD, FD .. at the new machine.
>even have ppp. My idea was to connect by eithernet my RTs and FreeBSD,
>FreeBSD calls the internet via ppp over a dialup link, RTs talk to
>FreeBSD box via 10base2.
Runs fine with my 386-dx-40 box, so I "provide" internet
(at home) for a Win NT and another FreeBSD computer.
>Anyhow, please let me know how you make out on your configuration.
How did you install? You mentioned floppy ... the whole
system with floppies? If so - you even will need 3 hours
to install the system, nevertheless you switched to P6-200mhz ;-)
>ps. I also have a 386sx-33 motherboard. Maybe I should try this one :)
I don't think so.
best regards Dirk
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Dirk Nerling nerle@pdv.de http://www.pdv.de/~nerle
You read my own humble opinion - it's NOT an offical statement of the firm
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