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From: michaelv@iastate.edu (Michael L. VanLoon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Need Recommendations on hardware for NETBSD as a file server
Date: 16 May 94 14:05:24 GMT
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
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In <Cpvus3.F3w@maunakea.Data-IO.COM> jgray@Data-IO.COM (Jerrold Gray) writes:
>I would like to set up an inexpensive (read that as cheap) server for
> 1. What type of SCSI board and drives are supported
BusLogic. Get VLB or EISA if your motherboard can do it. Fall back
to ISA only if absolutely necessary (ISA can't address more than 16
meg of RAM, and is significantly slower). Applicable BusLogic
controllers:
EISA: bt747s
VLB: bt445s
ISA: bt545s
DON'T BUY the new Adaptec 2xxx controllers. They are NOT supported,
and may never be. Adaptec 1542 controllers will work, but being
ISA-bus controllers, will be slower than an EISA or VLB BusLogic
board.
> 2. What type of Ethernet boards are supported.
I think the 3com 3c5x9 boards are considered currently to be the best,
with the SMC/WD 80x3 boards being next best. NE2x000 boards work, but
I've heard of lots of problems with them.
> 3. What type of PC software can be used for simple file access
Isn't there something public domain called SOSS or SOS or something
like that which is a free DOS NFS client or server?
> 4. What type of PC software is available for Xserver/client sessions.
The only X-client packages I know of for DOS are commercial, though
they've come down in price a lot. The *only* X-server package for DOS
would be DesqView/X by QuarterDeck (the QEMM people).
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Michael L. VanLoon Iowa State University Computation Center
michaelv@iastate.edu Project Vincent Systems Staff
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