[geeks] # of machines running currently

[Phil Brutsche]

Joshua D Boyd wrote:

> If I put
> NetBSD on this box, would that allow me to avoid that horrible ISAPNP package 
> that linux forces on us?  Anyone?


Depends.

If the 486's bios does ISAPNP, then when you use NetBSD, or the Linux 
2.4 kernel, or FreeBSD, the IRQ and I/O port WILL be autodetected.  No 
futzing around with that hideous ISAPNP package!


Phil