Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 22:05:04 -0800 From: Eric Hodel <hodeleri@seattleu.edu> To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Tom Morris <morris-tim@pavilion.co.uk> Subject: Re: newbie: OAST Express Message-ID: <3670B610.9B01CBC2@seattleu.edu> References: <366EC8DD.C7F059C9@pavilion.co.uk>
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First off if its going to be a server you probably won't need any fancy shamancy
stuff like a sound card and 3d. The console only uses plain text. Do however,
get the CD-ROM drive (IDE works fine) but you may have a problem with the drive
under 2.2.7 or lower, as they can't see over 8 GB. 2.2.8 does not have this
restriction. That Pentium-90 should run just fine.
I would avoid using 3.0-R as it is still more of a development release. (Like
me who has to install off of a AIC-7890.)
I hear buying "The Complete FreeBSD" edition from Walnut Creek is the best way
to go.
Make sure you get your partition sizes right the first time, read lots of
documentation ("The Complete FreeBSD", man, FAQ, handbook, etc.) Especially if
you are a first time installer.
As for games, if you don't add the student accounts to the games group they
won't be able to play them. (I think.)
Tom Morris wrote:
>
> questions,
>
> I have been "commisioned" by my school to come up with a neat freebsd /
> linux system for
> them. knowing how good freebsd is, i made it the system of choice. but i
> am a bit confused.
> i know freebsd 3.0 is out and i need some help making a decision. Is it
> better for me to stick
> with 2.2.x or move up to 3.0?. If i choose 2.2.x, should I stick with
> 2.2.6 or buy / download
> 2.2.7?
>
> Also can you please please help me make a decision about PC's, i might
> be able to get my hands
> on a second hand pentium p90, 11gb hdd with mitsumi (ide-atapi) cdrom
> drive. Possibly with
> stuff like creative sb16's and maybe even a 3d graphics card or
> something similar. can you advise
> me on what i should be looking for when I am buying a machine to run
> FreeBSD (or maybe Linux
> if installing FreeBSD fails).
>
> So, i am using it for a huge bunch of students (user rates will pop 1000
> in september '99), and it
> is going to have to deal with huge amounts of members. i'll not give
> them too much space to save
> their lovely work, but instead teach them about floppy disks and how to
> msdos format them
> (correct me if i am wrong, but is it mformat?) and how do i secretley
> install games so the kiddies
> cant play games!!
>
> --tom morris
> thomas_morris@bigfoot.com
> http://www.pavilion.co.uk/users/morris-tim/ and
> http://members.spree.com/morrisnet/yoyo/
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