From owner-freebsd-current Mon Jul 21 10:18:47 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA25825 for current-outgoing; Mon, 21 Jul 1997 10:18:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rover.village.org (rover.village.org [204.144.255.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id KAA25810; Mon, 21 Jul 1997 10:18:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rover.village.org [127.0.0.1] by rover.village.org with esmtp (Exim 1.60 #1) id 0wqM6C-0001jA-00; Mon, 21 Jul 1997 11:18:16 -0600 To: Andreas Klemm Subject: Re: I am contemplating the following change... Cc: Michael Smith , "Jordan K. Hubbard" , current@freebsd.org In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 19 Jul 1997 22:14:28 +0200." <19970719221428.10703@gtn.com> References: <19970719221428.10703@gtn.com> <199707191221.FAA23412@freefall.freebsd.org> <199707191434.AAA14215@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 11:18:16 -0600 From: Warner Losh Message-Id: Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In message <19970719221428.10703@gtn.com> Andreas Klemm writes: : Is FreeBSD turing PC's into workstations or is it only used : for lamer PC hardware ?! I have a whole pile of old PC parts that I'm using to build multiple routers. FreeBSD is making all of this possible. I don't know if I'm a typical case, but I do know what has frustrated me with this interprise to date. This pile of PC parts are free, and I'm doing this in time I'd otherwise not be billing, and I don't have a lot of cash to buy an extra ethernet card (x 5) and an extra SCSI controller (x 5) and bunch of other things that people seem to tell me are cheap enough to buy. FreeBSD works really well on these machines. My biggest complaint is the configuration of ethernet devices. It would be nice if there were some easier way to do this automatically. Warner