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Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 00:33:51 PST
From: Bruce Kingsland <brucek@pacifier.com>
Reply-To: Bruce Kingsland <brucek@pacifier.com>
Subject: FreeBSD and Parity
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Howdy, 
 
I have the FreeBSD 2.1.5 from Walnut Creek with book and 2 CD's, and in 
the book (yes I actually read them) it mentions that Parity is a good 
thing to have. I'm having a heck of a time finding a mother board that 
has parity. I found an ASUS Pentium Pro board, but nobody in the US 
stocks them,. or will order one for me. Having worked with hardware for 
a long time, I find it unthinkable that people would want to buy a system 
with no data protection. 
 
So the queston is: What kind of issues should I be looking for when 
running this on a K6 without parity? Or should I just run it on my DX100 
and leave the power box for the workstations? 
 
I probably should be monitoring some newsgroups, but my time seems to 
be limited enough that I barely have time to deal with just the email. So I 
would prefer that you all send me your thots direct: to 
brucek@pacifier.com 
 
Thanx, 


-bk