Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1995 13:28:25 +0100 From: David Clear <davidc@pdd.3com.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Thanks for the help on PC configuration. Message-ID: <516.9510201226@isolan.pdd.3com.com>
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I'd like to say thank you to all who advised me on what PC configuration to buy. In the end I went for: P90 on a Triton chipset based m/b 16Mb EDO RAM 256k pipeline cache Diamond Stealth 64 2Mb DRAM Idek 'Iiyama Visionmaster 17' monitor Adaptec 2940 PCI SCSI controller 1Gb SCSI disk Quad speed SCSI CDROM Logitec mouseman (3 button) 28.8k internal modem The label editor on the install disk of the 29th September SNAP distribution wouldn't let me create a slice with a non FreeBSD ID. I wanted to dual boot FreeBSD and Windows 95. In the end I had to boot a DOS floppy and run pfdisk. Besides that the installtion, over PPP, went smoothly and yesterday I was happy to see how fast it could recompile the kernel. Wow! So thanks to those who gave me advice - I am very happy with the system. I'd also like to thank whoever is responsible for the install program. The ability to reconfigure devices in the generic kernel and installing over PPP is just so good. The first time I installed 386bsd I had to edit the kernel binary and copy a bucket full of floppies. Hats off to the FreeBSD team. They've done a fine job. Regards, Dave.
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