Subject: Re: NetBSD on a Pentium?
To: Admin <Admin@wizzard.tiac.net>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 08/14/1997 06:41:05
On Wed, 13 Aug 1997 18:47:10 -0400
Admin <Admin@wizzard.tiac.net> wrote:
> Well I originally just signed up for this list so I could learn about
> NetBSD and I have. But now I have a problem. I have moved and the only
> computer I have access to is a Pentium 100MHz with 8MB of RAM and I'm
> getting sick of Win95. Is there any port for Pentium machines? If so what
> is the name of the port? Also what kind of Space Requirements does it take
> and will it run on a Win95 compressed HardDrive?
Uhhh... NetBSD/i386 runs on the x86-class CPUs, including the Pentium :-)
For space? On my Pentium laptop:
icky (thorpej) ~ 103% df
Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
/dev/wd0a 39271 13412 23895 36% /
/dev/wd0e 197951 56241 131812 30% /usr
/dev/wd0f 1031389 444566 535253 45% /local
mfs:19 7919 9 7514 0% /tmp
kernfs 1 1 0 100% /kern
procfs 4 4 0 100% /proc
fdesc 1 1 0 100% /dev
That has X, a full source tree, full build, emacs, etc.
Jason R. Thorpe thorpej@nas.nasa.gov
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