2 Apr
2002
2 Apr
'02
4:54 p.m.
On 2002.04.03 06:41 Clint Wolff (VAX collector) wrote:
True, NetBSD would talk to it, but it would require
NetBSD
running on a uVAX II so the drive could be plugged in.
You have to run it only
once to hack the Ultrix installation. Netbooted,
so you don't need to remove any drives.
I certainly don't have the patience to run NetBSD
on a uVAX II,
a wouldn't recommend anyone else do the same.
I installed 4.3BSD-Tahoe UNIX on
my MicroVAX III. Currently I am trying
to build 4.3BSD-Reno from that base for my MicroVAX 3900. (Exhibition
project for the VCFE.) This is real fun. These machines feel quite zippy
with that old software. But this old stuff is real crude in some points.
NetBSD gives you a slower, but very smooth ride on this hardware.
Unfortunately, NetBSD (and FreeBSD) is rapidly
becoming
unusable on old hardware...
If you want things like ssh ... you have to pay the
price.
--
tsch??,
Jochen
Homepage: http://www.unixag-kl.fh-kl.de/~jkunz/