[SunRescue] IPC 24/200

[AlPotterapotter at icsa.net]

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> >>A 400mb drive should be big enough to add in X
> >>with some play space.
> 
> Serious question Bob, why X?  Can you "really" get anything done on a system
> this slow?  Or are you thinking have X and using it as an X-Terminal?  No
> Flamebait intended on this one.

It's not really a question of speed, as ugerliness.

Remember, an IPC has a BW framebuffer, which is 1 bit per pixel.  Adding a color framebuffer SLOWS things, and you have to manipulate 8 or more bits per pixel.

X on an IPC is ugly (B&W, not greyscale) but reasonably snappy.


FWIW, I'd recommend OpenBSD, which IS tunable upon install, and will live happily in 400 MB for a full install.  A minimal install (base etc man bsd) is considerably smaller.



Hope this helps.

AL, who is getting ready to stand up 15 of these suckers to run diskless.....




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