On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 07:14:00PM +0200, Thomas Bohnert wrote:
> 
> Thanks for all your effort. I have an old Siemes Scenic 486 box at home which 
> i will install this evening and see whats happening. 
> The router is not for a productive purpose, it s only for my private 
> interessts on IPv6. So it is not a severe limitation to use an old maschine. 
> I only would be kind and spent the best ( remaining ) hardware for this ;-) 
> 
If you use "custom" installation, you'll find that NetBSD can be
shrunk considerably and shoehorned onto almost anything 386+.

> After plenty of installation errors with FreeBSD i am quite happy that i was 
> able to install this box so quickly. 
> 
Let me know if you need help with the NICs, I am quite sure they have
few secrets left.  I did have to turn off PnP on some recent ones to
avoid the BIOS screwing them up, but in general I find 3Com adpaters
quite friendly.

++L