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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.uoregon.edu!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: PCI/Pentium and *BSD Date: 2 Aug 1994 14:31:28 GMT Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman Montana Lines: 18 Message-ID: <31llc0$do2@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <3164co$lvh@titania.pps.pgh.pa.us> NNTP-Posting-Host: 153.90.192.29 In article <3164co$lvh@titania.pps.pgh.pa.us>, Kevin Sullivan <ksulliva@oberon.pps.pgh.pa.us> wrote: >Has anyone tried NetBSD or FreeBSD on a Pentium? Have there been any >problems? Likewise, does either one run with PCI cards? I would like >to get a PCI SCSI card (maybe the Bustek 946C). I and a couple other core FreeBSD members are running FreeBSD on their Pentium boxes. It seems to work well, though w/out a Pentium aware compiler the performance isn't *that* much greater than a 486/66. Nate -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | FreeBSD core member and all around tech. nate@cs.montana.edu | weenie. work #: (406) 994-4836 | home #: (406) 586-0579 | Available for contract/otherwise work.