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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!swiss.ans.net!malgudi.oar.net!witch!curnow!brianc Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Message-ID: <180@curnow.win.net> References: <3164co$lvh@titania.pps.pgh.pa.us><akiyCtyzD2.F1@netcom.com> Reply-To: brianc@curnow.win.net (Brian R. Curnow, Jr.) From: brianc@curnow.win.net (Brian R. Curnow, Jr.) Date: Fri, 05 Aug 1994 00:00:36 GMT Subject: Re: PCI/Pentium and *BSD Lines: 50 This is great! I was looking into using *BSD or perhaps Linux as a server to the Internet. I have a feeling that BSD is more 'release stable' than Linux is, given the kernel-bug of the week they seem to have. But to see that WalnutC has been successful with many more simultaneous users than I expect is great. However, I need many dial-in modem connections, so I called DigiBoard. According to DigiBoard, they have no drivers for *BSD(Hadn't even heard of it). Same for Linux. Are there any 'unofficial' drivers out there for these boards? How about for similar function boards? (I'm talking about Digi's multi-serial port boards..) The only UNIX they support is commercial; UnixWare, SCO, and Solaris. I have a shelf-ware copy of SCO, so I could probably upgrade to a better version if the drivers aren't available for BSD. Brian Curnow In article <akiyCtyzD2.F1@netcom.com>, Jun Akiyama (akiy@netcom.com) writes: >Kevin Sullivan (ksulliva@oberon.pps.pgh.pa.us) wrote: >> Hello. I am looking at fast 486 or Pentium boxes running NetBSD or FreeBSD >> for use as low-cost servers in schools (elementary through high). >> Currently we use Decstations and Sparcs. The machines have to serve mail, >> NFS, WWW, IMAP, etc, as well as a large number of telnet sessions. I have >> machines with both *BSDs now and they are working out pretty well. However >> I am afraid that a 486/66 may not be powerful enough when 15-20 people log >> in and want to use gopher (or whatever). > >Freebsd.cdrom.com *used* to be running on a 486/66 with 64 megabytes of >memory. However, the machine would bog down to an unbearable crawl when >about 130 users logged on for FTPing. Although I think that this is mostly >due to the T1 bandwidth being all used up, a 486/66 should be enough for >15-20 users... > >> Has anyone tried NetBSD or FreeBSD on a Pentium? > >Well, freebsd.cdrom.com just got upgraded to a P5-90 with 64 megabytes >of memory a few days ago, and it's running well. We had a whole heck of a >lot of problems getting some of the motherboards we used to work, but the >one we're using right now seems to be working pretty well. (I personally >also have a P5-90 with FreeBSD running on my home machine, too, and it's >working (shall we say) *quite* nicely...) > >> -Kevin > >Hope that helps some. > > Jun Akiyama > Technical Supervisor, Walnut Creek CDROM >