[rescue] Alpha Server 2000 4/200 & NetBSD

[Dave McGuire]

On March 7, Drew Whittle wrote:
> I have sitting here the above box, a while back I installed linux on it
> but linux does not perform well on this beastie because it only has 64Mb
> of RAM.
> 
> I've attempted to track down the right modules to get it up to 128Mb,
> but haven't had much luck so far.
> 
> I've been thinking of giving NetBSD a try on it, but before I go to the
> hassle of downloading NetBSD, can anyone tell me if NetBSD runs ok on an
> AlphaServer 2000 4/200 with only 64mb of RAM. (from what I can see this
> model Alpha is not listed on the NetBSD Alpha site as a working system)
> 
> Under linux things like Apache, Roxen, Postres, Squid all spin lock...

  Unless Linux has improved drastically on Alpha within the past year,
NetBSD should be a lot faster on that machine...but 64MB is very small
for *any* OS on an Alpha.  Keep looking for memory.

      -Dave

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Dave McGuire
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