[rescue] Solaris 86 on non-HCL hardware

[Sheldon T. Hall]

"Chris Hedemark" <chris at yonderway.com> says...

> Solaris x86 is horribly slow on PC hardware compared to the
> alternatives.  Just wondering, have you ever tried or considered trying
> a recent release of OpenBSD?   It runs quite well on hardware of that
> vintage, and would have no problem serving files to a Windows client
> via Samba.

I was just thinking Sol86 because I already have it, and have a "leg up,"
knowledgewise.

I'd certainly consider one of the BSDs, although I have worked with a BSD
variant in some years, but actually installing it might be a bit of a job,
since I don't have it on CD and I'm on a pretty slow link to the 'net.

Isn't there some *BSD that one can install over the 'net after making a boot
floppy, or somethig like that?

-Shel