Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 17:21:59 -0700 From: Rainer =?iso-8859-1?Q?Frohnh=F6fer?= <rfrohn@ibm.net> To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD on a Multia Message-ID: <37D06627.21527792@ibm.net> References: <199908211122.NAA18179@noses.com>
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Achim Patzner wrote:
> : From what I've recently learned, using a Multia is a Really Bad Idea.
> : Yes, they are cheap, but that's the ONLY good thing about them. Both
> [snip]
> Mine died after I tried installing NetBSD (which doesn't really mean that
> NetBSD is that bad an OS 8-) ). I paid about USD 60 for each hour it ran.
> But as the NetBSD people (obviously - they started quite a bit earlier) had
> lots of them they started repairing them (better: improving their health 8-)
> ).
>
> Take a look in the NetBSD/alpha archives to find out more about un-frying
> Multias.
>
To say something positive, mine (a 233 one) has been running 24/7 for months
without trouble. And with floppy and internal 2.5" hd, on the vertical stand.
--
"To save energy
we will temporarily switch off
the light at the end of the tunnel."
(I don't employ for my speaker)
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