Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 00:35:38 +0100 From: Kenn D Crossley <kenndc@cyberdude.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: HELP! please Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19990823003538.007b8050@pop.clara.net>
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firstly: i can spell unix but that is the limit to my expertise! secondly: i would like to be able to process more SETI@home data than i do at present thirdly: i have enough left-over bits from previous upgrades to, almost, make two pc's (AMD K6 200 & Cyrix P150) but they would have very little ram (16Mb for one and i would need to buy some for the other) and very, very little hard drive space (345Mb & 245Mb). obviously, i need to think about an operating system other than those available from M$!! forthly: i would like to spend as little as possible on these extra machines and as i get, virtually, free downloads each saturday i would prefer not to pay for the release cd question 1: is FreeBSD the best operating system for simply running SETI@home data (given the limited spec machines available)?? or should i look for a different hat to wear?? question 2: after reading some of the docs, i've downloaded the bin, floppies & XF86334 directories from the following location, are these all i need to install and run FreeBSD? current.freebsd.org:/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/i386/3.2-19990820-STABLE/bin/ what else do i need?? what else would be nice/a big help??? question 3: how often do i need to download this amount of data? what do i need to download on a regular basis and how often? question 4: does anyone know if is possible to download the SETI@home data using Win98 then transfer it on a floppy to FreeBSD (i currently do this between two win98 systems as the kids machine does not have a modem) or would at least one of the FreeBSD machines need an internet connection? question 5: how little FreeBSD would i need to learn to do what i'm trying to do? question 6: am i going about this all wrong and should i be trying to achieve my goal (to process as much SETI data as possible) in a totally different way? question 7: is there any other advice anyone would like to pass on thanks for your time, best regards, kenn please reply to: kenndc@cyberdude.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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