Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 21:45:07 -0400 From: Drew Baxter <netmonger@genesis.ispace.com> To: needinfo@juno.com (ed mill) Subject: Re: ABOUT BSD Message-ID: <4.1.0.67.19981014213310.00a4c390@genesis.ispace.com> In-Reply-To: <19981014.212617.4279.1.needinfo@juno.com> References: <4.1.0.67.19981012161419.00a69140@genesis.ispace.com>
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Blinding CCing this to -Chat and -hackers. Might as well answer it in some form, even if some of it is wrong. Just don't come after me with a Fiber-Optic Enema in tow, thanks. :-) --- BSD today is Berkeley Software Distribution. http://www.bsdi.com, they make a commercial version of BSD known as BSDI or BSD Interactive. Costs something insane like 1495$. Most flavors of BSD (Open and Free, as well as BSDI (I think)) will run on as little as a 386-16SX machine with 120 meg of drive and 4mb of RAM. However, my FreeBSD unit is a PII-333 128MB/4.3gig. Here is a generic 'minimum' breakdown.. This is what I think is the lowest I'd run FreeBSD on, especially if I wanted to do XWindows. * A Computer (I think that's obvious) This Computer would contain AT LEAST: * 486-DX2/66 Processor * Network Card (or some sort of connection to the internet, Modem works too) * 2MB Video, I like to run XWindows, so I have a supported video card as well. * At least 1.2gig of Drive Space dedicated to FreeBSD. * 12MB of RAM * A CD-ROM (as little as 2X ATAPI/IDE, most supported) (If you're using a modem, you'd probably want to get the CD Set for FreeBSD..) * A mouse (for X), a Keyboard (for typing) Some Things are Optional: * Sound Card (Sometimes hard to find a supported one, don't need it, don't want it) These things should get you on your way to a BSD-filled life. Good recommended reading material is "The Complete FreeBSD" and of course the many many many MAN pages (some outdated, but that's life). I used my 4.4BSD Systems Managers Manual I got from ORA (I think) a while ago. Was quite a find at the local Borders. The big thing is, Juno is not an internet service. If you are serious about working with the operating system, a good thing to have (especially for updates and all) is to get an account with an internet provider that provides a PPP link. Netcom, Earthlink, Mindspring, and GRID are a few of these. AOL is an example of one that does not. At 09:32 PM 10/14/98 -0400, you wrote: >HI DREW, > >YOUR MESSAGE IS UNCLEAR. EXPLAIN? > >OUR QUESTION WAS; WHAT DOES BSD NEED, FROM YOUR VIEW POINT. --- Drew "Droobie" Baxter Network Admin/Professional Computer Nerd(TM) OneEX: The OneNetwork Exchange 207-942-0275 http://www.droo.orland.me.us To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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