[rescue] FSCKing OpenBSD!

[Torquil MacCorkle III]

SMP on FreeBSD 4.x is vastly inferior to most SMP implementations including
Linux's, the difference between 'working' and 'working well' :)

 I was optimistic about SMPng in 5.0, but thats like a year away now at
best.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Big Endian" <bigendian at mac.com>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 9:58 PM
Subject: Re: [rescue] FSCKing OpenBSD!


> >On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 09:26:06PM -0500, Big Endian wrote:
> >>  >  > What kind of box is it?  Freebsd works wonders on intel.
> >>  >
> >>  >So does NetBSD.  Smaller default footprint too.
> >>
> >>  I've found FreeBSD to Just Work (TM) better than NetBSD does on intel
boxen.
> >
> >i've found NetBSD to Just Work better on non-intel than NetBSD on intel
boxen.
> >
> >my solution was to use the superior hardware and avoid intel. :)
>
> My solution was to use the hardware I had at hand (shitloads of intel
> boxen at work, already in existance, no $$$) to do what I needed to
> do (nfs server, mail servers, etc).  It worked better than NetBSD
> did, from an admin and control freak level than netbsd did.  I've
> also found FreeBSD to be much more responsive at high loads (30.0+)
> via ssh.  All of this is especially true on SMP machines.  SMP and
> FreeBSD Just Works(TM).  I'll admit I've not used FreeBSD on FDDI
> machines yet (and compiling a kernel is the FIRST think I do on any
> box so I don't care whats in GENERIC, George), but I'm sure the
> FreeBSD netgraph stuff w/ FDDI would be FUN.  In using netbsd I've
> found the installer to be less helpful than the FreeBSD one.  I've
> also found that freebsd likes my hardware (newer VIA/Intel chipsets)
> better than netbsd does.
>
> daniel
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