From: pauls@css.itd.umich.edu (Paul Southworth) Subject: Re: Linux or 386BSD? Date: 16 Feb 1993 22:04:02 GMT
>> : However, you said that it takes "days". I have installed SLS in about
[...]
>> We only need half an hour to install the basic distribution of 386bsd.
>> The latest dist.fs helps because we do not need to use nu or other partition
>> editor to put the A5 code.
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>Not counting the ftp time, it took me about 1/2 an hour to install Linux
>and LILO. Admittedly, I'm not using X (some extra disks), and I still
>have to re-configure my kernel to use my 3c503 ethernet card, but that
>would be a one-time investment of time if I wanted to install on many
>machines.
Well *I* can install 386BSD with X, Mach, Motif, and a NeXT Step 486
partition from 360k floppies in about 4.2 minutes. Furthermore the fact
that I do it so fast means that it works better, right?
Paul Southworth
Computer Systems Consultant
UM - Ann Arbor
pauls@umich.edu