From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Feb 19 10:09:08 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA07724 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 19 Feb 1997 10:09:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from quackerjack.cc.vt.edu (quackerjack.cc.vt.edu [198.82.160.250]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA07718 for ; Wed, 19 Feb 1997 10:09:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from sable.cc.vt.edu (sable.cc.vt.edu [128.173.16.30]) by quackerjack.cc.vt.edu (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id NAA08791; Wed, 19 Feb 1997 13:08:58 -0500 (EST) Received: from jandrese.async.vt.edu (jandrese.async.vt.edu [128.173.20.208]) by sable.cc.vt.edu (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id NAA02963; Wed, 19 Feb 1997 13:08:55 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 13:08:49 +0000 () From: Jason Andresen X-Sender: jandrese@jandrese.async.vt.edu To: "Maxim A. Bolotin" cc: Terry Lambert , hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Internet class in RSU. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 19 Feb 1997, Maxim A. Bolotin wrote: =)On Tue, 18 Feb 1997, Terry Lambert wrote: =) =)> > We'll have internet class granted by J.Sorros. IBM's main company that =)> > provide us computers and other equip. We want istall there FreeBSD. =)> > There are 46 computers IBM PC model 320 (or something). I know that there =)> > will be EtherJet network card from IBM. Will it work with FreeBSD? =)> > If Not, Where can I find people that can help me make it. =)> =)> Most likely you will be running AIX on these machines. They are not =)> Intel processor based. =)NO, It's PC. There're Pentium 133, 16Mb, HDD 850Mb, and MAIN thing I =)care about Is EtherJet ethernet card, will it work with FreeBSD? =)IBM insist to install OS/2 merlin, but We want UNIX! You understand me, =)I'll have to do it work every day, If It'll be OS/2 (or Win95) It'll =)be nightmare! =) I have had no problems running FreeBSD on my IBM 350 machine, which is very similar to the 320, however I haven't had any experiance with those particular Ethernet cards. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::. . . . . ..:::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: Jason Andresen :. . . . . . . . . : Web and FTP server at :: :: jandrese@vt.edu :.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:: jandrese.async.vt.edu :: :.........................: Quote of the day :..........................: Help stamp out and abolish redundancy. :::::::::::.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.........................:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:::::::::::