From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 11 10:50:03 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA16170 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 11 May 1998 10:50:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from martyr.ml.org (boisvdav@62-042.tr.cgocable.ca [205.151.62.42]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA16082; Mon, 11 May 1998 10:49:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from boisvdav@martyr.ml.org) Received: from localhost (boisvdav@localhost) by martyr.ml.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id NAA00564; Mon, 11 May 1998 13:53:46 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from boisvdav@martyr.ml.org) Date: Mon, 11 May 1998 13:53:46 -0400 (EDT) From: David Boisvert To: x cc: Chase Paglee , "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: RE: Free BSD Questions In-Reply-To: <01BD7AD6.87E76200@w3svcs.mfn.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 8 May 1998, x wrote: > > > ---------- > From: Jason C. Wells > Sent: Friday, May 08, 1998 2:03 PM > To: Chase Paglee > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Free BSD Questions > > On Fri, 8 May 1998, Chase Paglee wrote: > > >1. Why do you recommend not using 386sx. Is this just speed problem, > >or is it stability problem? > > We use 386SX-16's here with NO problems. > > >2. Does FreeBSD support Immation 120MB floppy drive? > > Floppy drives are not [no longer actually] officially supported, > as I recently found out, HOWEVER, there ARE hooks in there if > you are willing to play. Be aware however that floppy tapes > really suck for reliability (on ANY platform). We are using > QIC02 (Wangtek) with good results, and you can get these old > puppies for like $10.00 apiece! > > >3. Is there any way to run FreeBSD from floppy? > > Yes, but dont bother, it's just not worth the effort... You > can (technically) boot NT from a floppy too, but *would* you??? > > >4. Can I load FreeBSD from memory, and then take out the FreeBSD > >floppy and use other floppies? > > No. > > >5. Do I have to have XWindows to run Netscape on FreeBSD? > > Dunno. Dont use browsers on *nix platforms. > > >6. Which version of Netscape should I run on FreeBSD? > > Dunno. See above. > > >7. Do I have to have XWindows to run WordPerfect on FreeBSD? > > No, and Yes. Depends on which version of WP. We use > WP 4.2 for UNIX here with EXCELLENT results! However, > it is NOT a WYSIWYG editor, so YMMV. > I use WP7.0 for Linux with the Linux_Eulator and it works great! > >8, 9, 10... Dunno... > > Hope it helps, and Jason now has some *new* info! > > J.A. Terranson > sysadmin@mfn.org > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message