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- From: js@courant.princeton.edu (Jay Sekora)
- Subject: NextStep 3.0 on 8M/105+105 system?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug20.160704.26753@Princeton.EDU>
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- Organization: Princeton University
- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 16:07:04 GMT
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- Hoping this isn't something that's been discussed before.
-
- I have an 8M/105 25MHz '040 system, with another external 105M drive,
- running 2.1. Needless to say, it's a bit slow, but I'm a patient
- person. I'm running Louis Mamakos' SLIP on it.
-
- I'm looking into putting 3.0 on it. It's not likely I'll be able to
- get more memory or more disk space in the near term. So what I'm
- wondering is this:
-
- (1) Is it physically possible to cram a reasonable minimal 3.0 system
- onto two separate 105M drives? If so, would I be able to do it with the
- Installer, or would I have to do the install on a larger filesystem
- and copy bits and pieces by hand?
-
- (2) I realize that 3.0 is going to run slower than 2.0, especially on
- an 8M system. But is it going to be so outrageous as not to make any
- sense? (I typically don't have more than a couple apps, plus the
- Workspace, open at once.)
-
- Thanks.
- ---j.
-
- Jay Sekora, Systems Administrator | email: js@princeton.edu
- Program in Applied and Computational Math | voice: 609/258-6488
- Princeton University | Fax: 609/258-1735
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