Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 21:40:31 -0500 (CDT) From: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: conf/6683 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980518213452.5733B-100000@duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us> In-Reply-To: <7116.895545072@time.cdrom.com>
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On Mon, 18 May 1998, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > Doh. My bad. But why, out of curiosity, can't the value for "gateway" > > be used automatically? That would seem to make it a whole lot easier on > > the end user. (Though, i suppose, one would already have to understand > > enough about that to do a PLIP install in the first place) > > I seem to remember having a real good reason for this at the time, but > now that I try I cannot remember what it was. :-) > I always have moments like this. :-) I think next time I install FreeBSD on a laptop without network support it will be over a serial link. The performance was abyssmal (of course, the laptop was only a 486SLC-50), and caused my poor P166 to hiccup regularly. systat was only showing a few interrupts happening per second, but apparently they take so long to process that everything gets jerky. This makes me laugh as I see more and more parallel-port interface devices on the shelves in stores. Does -current have support for ECP ports? That would probably make these kinds of things bearable again. :-) -- Chris Dillon --- cdillon@inter-linc.net --- cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us /* FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet. For Intel x86 and compatibles (SPARC and Alpha under development) (http://www.freebsd.org) */ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the messagehelp
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