Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 10:54:00 -0600 From: Raul Zighelboim <mango@staff.communique.net> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: ANNOUNCE: One-floppy FreBSD + rich networking Message-ID: <A03CD00C69B1D01195AB00A024ECEB1660E29B@kaori.communique.net>
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How about less DOS support, and more networking support (as in fxp0) and then loading tcpdump in the floppy. That would make a nice portable network troobleshooting floppy! ================================================== Raul Zighelboim mango@staff.communique.net > -----Original Message----- > From: Ken Hansen [SMTP:khansen@njcc.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 1998 9:29 AM > To: John-Mark Gurney > Cc: Amancio Hasty; Andrzej Bialecki; Jonathan Mini; > freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: One-floppy FreBSD + rich networking > > Hello, > FYI - I just put together a system w/K5/133, 16 Meg, floppy & 2 > Meg > Video > case, keyboard & mouse (all new) for $225, add a CD-ROM for $50, 16 > Meg > more > RAM for $40, and you're at $315. Throw in a network card, $50 (for a > good DEC > based one) and you're at $365. There is room for an HD in that price > (but I > had an 850 Meg on the shelf, along with a CD-ROM & RAM). > > I like the one-floppy OS for a simple use - walking up to any PC > w/modem, > reboot, and I can call my home network and do LOTS of text-based work > in > a BSD > environment. Similar to QNX One Disk demo system (includes > frames-capable browser!). > > Ken Hansen > khansen@njcc.com > > John-Mark Gurney wrote: > > <snip> > > > for $450 you could get a 8x cdrom, 32megs ram, 4meg video card (s3 > virge > > based), k5/133, keyboard, mouse... add $200 to $1000 for a monitor > and > > you have a nice xterminal... :) > > > > -- > > John-Mark Gurney Modem/FAX: +1 541 683 > 6954 > > Cu Networking P.O. Box 5693, > 97405 > > > > Live in Peace, destroy Micro$oft, support free software, run > FreeBSD
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