From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 9 10:05:27 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA01181 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 9 Nov 1998 10:05:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from horton.iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA01172 for ; Mon, 9 Nov 1998 10:05:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from proot@horton.iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA01727; Mon, 9 Nov 1998 12:04:54 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from proot) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199811091804.MAA01727@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: Running BSD on Cyrix 150mhz PC In-Reply-To: <36472B6E.4EBA@brookes.ac.uk> from 97316286 at "Nov 9, 98 05:50:38 pm" To: 97316286@brookes.ac.uk Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 12:04:54 -0600 (CST) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Organization: USWEST !nterprise Networking - ACES X-Phone: (612) 664-3385 X-Fax: (612) 664-4779 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 600 Stinson Blvd, Fl 1S X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55413 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In a previous message, 97316286 said: > i'm a undergraduate student, and i'd once considered to install a > Berkeley unix OS in my own PC. However, my question is will the FreeBSD > able to run smoothly on my PC(cyrix Processor with 32mb, running on > Win95 OS)? That's what I run on at home. Works great. However, you don't run on Win95, you run instead of Win95. The 2 OSes can reside on the same disk, but they both need their own partition and do not run at the same time. > The university's workstation is currently running SunOS, is the FreeBSD > unix commands same as the SUN's one?? If you are running SunOS 4.1.4 or below, they are very similar. If you are running SunOS 5.0 or above (aka Solaris 2.0), then they are somewhat similar but not completely. -- It is one thing to be in the proximity of death, to know more or less what she is, and it is quite another thing to seek her. - Ernest Hemingway To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message