But of course...BSDi does, though commercial; FreeBSD has had support since 3.0 (see http://www.freebsd.org/~fsmp/SMP/SMP.html ); and it appears as though NetBSD is working on it.
Personally I use a Promise Ultra33 controller and two 8.4 gig Western Digital drives under FreeBSD's vinum (striped) with great results. I picked up the controller for $26 at a computer show recently. Performance-wise, on a single controller (master/slave configuration), performance was about equal to a single drive. With each drive set up as the master on each of the Promise's controllers, I can get ~13 M/sec (dd-stone) continuously. I had to hack the driver a bit on FreeBSD, but Linux didn't seem to have a problem with it.
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Why? FreeBSD runs most BSDi binaries, along with NetBSD, OpenBSD, and Linux; and even runs (or walks, in some cases) some SysV software. How many emulations does Linux do (and I wouldn't include the ancient iBCS2 stuff)?
Not to be anti-Linux, but have you considered migrating to FreeBSD? Other than FreeBSD's ability to run BSDi binaries (in case you have software that cannot be easily ported or is not open source) and Linux binaries, compile most applications with little or no changes, and similiar in many aspects of configuration, FreeBSD is, like, Linux, open source. In addition, FreeBSD has proven itself time and again running high-profile sites such as ftp.cdrom.com, www.yahoo.com, and even the Microsoft-owned www.hotmail.com. See www.freebsd.org for more information.
For a Linux distribution, Slackware gets as minimal as they come. If you are comfortable with *nix systems, then {Free,Net,Open}BSD systems have good minimal installations and are about as standard as they come. If you are wanting to really 'Roll Your Own,' experience is probably your best bet. There are many dependencies between various libraries and system binaries which you should be aware of. For a good overview, check out FreeBSD's 'make world' which does a source-level rebuild of the base operating system. As a side-note, I have been working on a source-level Linux distribution based off the free *BSD systems; not a task to be taken lightly since the Linux operating system is quite fragmented when it comes to system-level binaries.
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But of course...BSDi does, though commercial; FreeBSD has had support since 3.0 (see http://www.freebsd.org/~fsmp/SMP/SMP.html ); and it appears as though NetBSD is working on it.
> I just installed freeBSD I didnt like it...
I'm sorry...
> I wanted to see whitch was more solid freeBSD
> seemed nice but A lot of the basics just
> wouldnt work like *netscape* which hurt my
> feelings..
That's odd...I've used both the FreeBSD and Linux versions of Netscape here with out problems.
> ALso does anyone know where i can get the BSD kernel source?
If you are looking for an online reference, check out http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi. If you want to download the source, you can get 'ssys.*' from ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/FreeBSD/3. 2-RELEASE/src/. However, just remember that FreeBSD is more than just a kernel, it is an Operating System.
I *am* curious as to what system it *was* running :)
>I have never used a BSD, or even seen one in action.
Never used ftp.cdrom.com, www.yahoo.com, almost any irc server, etc?
Personally I use a Promise Ultra33 controller and two 8.4 gig Western Digital drives under FreeBSD's vinum (striped) with great results. I picked up the controller for $26 at a computer show recently. Performance-wise, on a single controller (master/slave configuration), performance was about equal to a single drive. With each drive set up as the master on each of the Promise's controllers, I can get ~13 M/sec (dd-stone) continuously. I had to hack the driver a bit on FreeBSD, but Linux didn't seem to have a problem with it.
Why? FreeBSD runs most BSDi binaries, along with NetBSD, OpenBSD, and Linux; and even runs (or walks, in some cases) some SysV software.
How many emulations does Linux do (and I wouldn't include the ancient iBCS2 stuff)?
On a side note, FreeBSD sees an IDE changer as four drives...
wdc1 at 0x170-0x177 irq 15 flags 0xa0ffa0ff on isa
wdc1: unit 0 (atapi): , removable, iordy
acd0: drive speed 689KB/sec, 128KB cache
acd0: supported read types: CD-DA
acd0: Audio: play, 255 volume levels
acd0: Mechanism: ejectable changer, unlocked
acd0: changer slot 0 disk present
acd1: changer slot 1 no disk
acd2: changer slot 2 no disk
acd3: changer slot 3 no disk
You can mount all the discs and it will change the 'active' disc as you access it; no special drivers or software required.
Not to be anti-Linux, but have you considered migrating to FreeBSD? Other than FreeBSD's ability to run BSDi binaries (in case you have software that cannot be easily ported or is not open source) and Linux binaries, compile most applications with little or no changes, and similiar in many aspects of configuration, FreeBSD is, like, Linux, open source. In addition, FreeBSD has proven itself time and again running high-profile sites such as ftp.cdrom.com, www.yahoo.com, and even the Microsoft-owned www.hotmail.com. See www.freebsd.org for more information.
Still using Linux and not FreeBSD ? Doh, get real already :P
For a Linux distribution, Slackware gets as minimal as they come. If you are comfortable with *nix systems, then {Free,Net,Open}BSD systems have good minimal installations and are about as standard as they come.
If you are wanting to really 'Roll Your Own,' experience is probably your best bet. There are many dependencies between various libraries and system binaries which you should be aware of. For a good overview, check out FreeBSD's 'make world' which does a source-level rebuild of the base operating system.
As a side-note, I have been working on a source-level Linux distribution based off the free *BSD systems; not a task to be taken lightly since the Linux operating system is quite fragmented when it comes to system-level binaries.