From owner-freebsd-alpha Fri Aug 20 9:55:18 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from picnic.mat.net (picnic.mat.net [206.246.122.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8170154A6 for ; Fri, 20 Aug 1999 09:55:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chuckr@picnic.mat.net) Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost) by picnic.mat.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA16752; Fri, 20 Aug 1999 12:52:30 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from chuckr@picnic.mat.net) Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 12:52:30 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey To: Matthew Jacob Cc: bvermeul@blackstar.nl, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD on a Multia? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, Matthew Jacob wrote: > > Have to use a serial console. No support for TGA framebuffer. > There's a bootstrap raw disk image in http://www.freebsd.org/~mjacob if > you want to try dd'ing that from another OS onto a disk so you can get up > and running quickly- although the serial console install seems to work > pretty well. From what I've recently learned, using a Multia is a Really Bad Idea. Yes, they are cheap, but that's the ONLY good thing about them. Both David O'Brien and Peter Wemm were able to burn their's out just by doing make worlds. They are underpowered, overheated, undersized, but very very cheap. Ever wonder why? You get what you pay for. Doing it with the PC164* motherboards is pretty comparable to building a PC from a good Intel motherboard, and you'll have much better experiences in doing it. ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@picnic.mat.net | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run picnic and jaunt, both FreeBSD-current. (301) 220-2114 | ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message