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- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
- Path: sparky!uunet!metter!openage!gryphon
- From: gryphon@openage.openage.com (The Golden Gryphon)
- Subject: Re: SCO support (was: How to replace disk driver in SCO Unix ?)
- Organization: Open Age, Inc.
- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 16:59:28 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Sep14.165928.1317@openage.openage.com>
- References: <1992Sep5.152058.5398@compu.com> <Bu5qpE.HnF@gator.rn.com> <1992Sep7.155915.11487@compu.com> <1992Sep12.041426.3470@ksmith.uucp>
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- keith@ksmith.uucp (Keith Smith) writes:
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- >In article <1992Sep7.155915.11487@compu.com> fr@compu.com (Fred Rump from home) writes:
- >>larry@gator.rn.com (Larry Snyder) writes:
- >>
- >>>>Let's face it, there a few SCO UNIXses running out there on 486/33 EISA
- >>
- >>>I am wondering (actually was thinking) if any other vendors UNIX runs on
- >>>this same machine?
- >>
- >>There would be gnashing of teeth and untold horror out in generic sysv land if
- >>they did. Rather than have such a disaster strike the earth it is best not
- >>even tried. The risk is simply too high.
- >>
- >>:-)
- >>--
- >>W. Fred Rump office: fred@COMPU.COM 'mans feet have grown/so big
- >>26 Warren St. home: fred@icdi10.compu.com that he/forgets his littleness'
- >>Beverly, NJ. 08010 Don Marquis
- >>609-386-6846 bang:uunet!cdin-1!icdi10!fr
-
-
- >Hehehe, Responding to the last three posts.
-
- >Yea. It runs 3.2.2 like a bat out of hell! So in this case Mr. Rump I
- >would have to say that in 3.2.4 SCO broke something. In fact I have 2
- >different clones that it (the .4 upgrade) crawls on that run the Very
- >Same configuration SCO 3.2.2 fine. One EISA and 1 ISA. My point was a
- >problem with .4 that was not in .2. And Yes. It runs MST SVR4 fine
- >too.
-
- >So is the problem SCO's? Well, I dunno, They had a product that worked
- >fine, and then the upgrade makes the box crawl. You tell me?
-
-
- If you all were reading biz.sco.general you would know about the caching
- of disk buffers and kernel placement in .4 vs .2. If you put more
- cache RAM in the machine this usually help it greatly.
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