Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 08:05:46 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Kambiz_Keshvari@Dell.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Info Request Message-ID: <20001215080542.J19572@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <C43321025984D311894E00A0C99D622E4B6E71@ausxmbrh04.aus.amer.dell.com>; from Kambiz_Keshvari@Dell.com on Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 09:59:01AM -0600 References: <C43321025984D311894E00A0C99D622E4B6E71@ausxmbrh04.aus.amer.dell.com>
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* Kambiz_Keshvari@Dell.com <Kambiz_Keshvari@Dell.com> [001215 08:00] wrote: > I have a few questions about Free BSD and I would appreciate it if you could > respond either with the answers or point me to a source where I can find > answers. > > 1. Is Free BSD Embeddable? If so, what is smallest size of the kernel/ > micro-kernel in order to bring a machine up and then dynamically load kernel > modules? You can get it cut down pretty small: http://people.freebsd.org/~picobsd/ > 2. Do you support RAID cards? If so, where can I get a list of supported > cards? Yes: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/4.2-RELEASE/HARDWARE.TXT > 3. Is Free BSD pre-emptive Multi-tasking? Yes. > 4. What kind of Development environments do you have? Do you support Java, > C, C++? Are the compilers and JVM modules included in your package? If not, > where and how can I obtain them? Yes, http://www.freebsd.org/ports/ > 5. Is Free BSD POSIX compliant? We try to be. :) > > 6. Does Free BSD allow direct access to Hardware, through kernel or other > means? Only with the appropriate privledges. > 7. Is Free BSD PNP independent? I have no clue what that means. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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