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From: takakami@worldnet.att.net (Takafumi Kamiya)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1.0 on 386DX20 w/12MB Slow...  Normal?
Date: 2 Jun 1996 03:37:13 GMT
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>Think about either upgrade to 2.1-stable or the 2.2-SNAP. When i
>upgraded to -stable i went from a slow to a fast machine (on the same
>machine :-] ).
>The problem is that it would probably take your machine 2 days to
>compile everything.

2 days if I am lucky.....  Actually, I have a Pentium 75 machine also, but this 
one is dedicated to Win95 and have stuff I need daily in it.  I setup my 
386DX25 machine so that I can play to my heart's content and if I mess up 
anything, there is no big deal.  I have some experience with SCO Unix but 
nothing with BSD.  I wanted to have a machine I can do anything whatsoever....

When 2.2 SNAP becomes the standard distribution, I will upgrade.  Until then, I 
will just play.

My goal is to setup this machine to dial up ppp to my ISP and provide Internet 
services to my IBM/RT and Win95 machines here.  Sort of like being my own ISP 
to my other machines.  That is possible right???

(RT is an IBM's RISC based Unix machine.  It is not capable of PPP or slip with 
chat script - basically, it needs eithernet connection)