Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 12:47:09 -0700 From: Tim Gerchmez <fewtch@serv.net> To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: I did it... BSD is on my main PC... Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19980616124709.007ebb90@mx.serv.net>
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I've decided on a complete reorganization of my main PC (it was about time for a Win95 re-install anyway). I now have BSD up and running on my P200MMX box (vs. the 486DX2-66 on my other machine), and what a difference it makes speed-wise... also, it's nice to have the modem connection now. I have a dual boot between BSD and Win95 using the OS/2 boot manager included with Partition Magic (which I happen to like quite a bit - very configurable, and only takes a 0.3 meg partition). It's amazing how much better X-windows works on a Tseng ET-6000 PCI based card vs. an ATI Mach32 VLB card... there's no comparison. This machine blows the other one away completely. I still have no sound card that works with BSD, although I don't care much... I'm not much of a gamer, and will use Windows for sound-related stuff. I still haven't gotten the ppp0 device connected to my modem up and running yet either... more configuration to do :-) I also plan to build a custom kernel on this machine as well. Only 850 megs of space dedicated to BSD on this PC, but it should be enough - I'll do text-based C programming on the other machine (more source installed), and use this one more for fun X-Windows stuff and for modeming around the Net. Tim -- My web site starts at http://www.serv.net/~fewtch/index.html - lots of goodies for everyone, have a look if you have the time. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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