From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 25 07:26:51 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA27833 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 25 Jan 1999 07:26:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from hera.webcom.com (hera.webcom.com [209.1.28.42]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA27828 for ; Mon, 25 Jan 1999 07:26:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from graeme@echidna.com) Received: from eresh.webcom.com (eresh.webcom.com [209.1.28.49]) by hera.webcom.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id HAA13725; Mon, 25 Jan 1999 07:26:37 -0800 Received: from [204.143.69.13] by inanna.webcom.com (WebCom SMTP 1.2.1) with SMTP id 16567584; Mon Jan 25 07:24 PST 1999 Message-Id: <36AC8DB8.4668@echidna.com> Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 10:28:56 -0500 From: Graeme Tait Organization: Echidna X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Win95; I) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: Chris Browning Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: console switching??? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Chris Browning wrote: > > So my wife buys me a nice 17" monitor for my birthday. Then she brings home a > cast-off Pentium box on which I would like to install linux to play with. Don't > mis-understand, after 2 years of playing and now 1 year of really using > freebsd, I'm convinced. But I think I'm at the point where I'd like to see > linux and after multiple freebsd installs over the past couple years (every > release is easier!!! thanx, y'all) I'm certainly not afraid of a linux install. > My problem is: I'm out of room! Physically. She'll shoot me if I bring another > monitor in here. I'm looking at console switches. Any advice out there? TIA. Look at the Cybex Switchview. Not cheap, especially with good cables, but cheaper than another good monitor, and much cheaper than a lawyer. See http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=531221+534973+/usr/local/www/db/text/1998/freebsd-questions/19981206.freebsd-questions -- Graeme Tait - Echidna To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message