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From: paul@isl.cf.ac.uk (Paul)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux,comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: 386bsd, linux: which runs more out of the box?
Message-ID: <1993Mar26.163937.21706@cm.cf.ac.uk>
Date: 26 Mar 93 16:39:36 GMT
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In article <1oupbd$qfs@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu> mycroft@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Charles Hannum) writes:
>
>In article <1993Mar25.173656.19166@swan.pyr> iiitac@swan.pyr (Alan Cox)
>writes:
>>
>> I tried 386BSD and after discovering it stayed up for under 2 hours
>> average out of the box and that the serial ports only did 2400 I gave
>> it up.

This has got to be an old version of 386BSD i.e. no patchkit or possibly
even the 0.0 -- when was it you tried 386BSD.


>
>Well, since we seem to be in the `If it works on my machine, it must
>work for *everyone*!' mood:
>
> 6:25am  up 7 days,  8:20,  1 user,  load average: 0.18, 0.06, 0.02
>
>I only rebooted it then to change my kernel configuration.
>
>As for the serial ports, I use them at 9600 baud frequently.

As Charles says above, I reboot due to kernel changes more often than the
system crashes. I haven't had a crash for weeks and the machine
regularly stays up for days before I reboot it manually for some reason.

As for the serial ports -- they've been worked on substantially and are
now capable of much higher speeds.


-- 
  Paul Richards, University of Wales, College Cardiff

  Internet: paul@isl.cf.ac.uk