From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 4 21:59:12 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA21752 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 4 Sep 1996 21:59:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tribune.concentric.net (tribune.concentric.net [199.3.12.34]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA21746; Wed, 4 Sep 1996 21:59:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cliff.cris.com (cliff.cris.com [199.3.12.45]) by tribune.concentric.net (8.7.5/(%D% %I%)) id AAA20802; Thu, 5 Sep 1996 00:58:12 -0400 (EDT) [1-800-745-2747 The Concentric Network] Received: from noname (crc5.cris.com [199.3.12.165]) by cliff.cris.com (8.7.5) id AAA13137; Thu, 5 Sep 1996 00:58:43 -0400 (EDT) To: dyson@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sco support Date: Thu, 05 Sep 96 04:53:00 GMT Message-ID: From: nethoppr@concentric.net (Duftopia) cc: nethoppr@cris.com, dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu, questions@freebsd.org, ajohn@cyberforge.com References: <199609030555.AAA00314@dyson.iquest.net> X-Mailer: Quarterdeck Message Center [2.00] Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On 9/3/96 1:55AM, in message <199609030555.AAA00314@dyson.iquest.net>, "John S. Dyson" wrote: > > > > > > Actully, I do have another solution for you... If you are a student, > > > educator, non commercial or a 'technical home user' SCO will licence its > > > Openserver to you for free. In addition you will also get their development > > > kit. The cost is ~ $19 for the shipping and handling of the CD-ROM. Check > > > out the SCO page given below for details. I am told that they intend to > > > make Unixware available for free under the same licence some time in > > > September... > > > > > > http://www3.sco.com/Products/openind.htm > > > > > > Good luck.. > > > > that's hard to bereave, but I will most definitely check it out. > > > I am having problems getting it to boot/install on my system. Think that > it has to do with the NCR scsi that I have. It will be fun to benchmark > it :-). > > John > Installing sco 5.0 openserv with a scsi ncr single speed I had a nervous breakdown, it took 3 attempts each running about 6 hours maybe 8, its scos wonderful attention to detail I think, I know we intended to upgrade all our vr3.0v4.2's to 5.0 but the lead person in the project was told a sony scsi would work and spent several days with what sco calls support to get it working and failed. So my suggestion is run the install for three nights in a row before you go to sleep and odds are within a week you'll get it, and whatever you do don;t forget your password, I did and had to remove it from my HD!