Re: Amiga hardware issues

["admin%datazap.net@localhost" <admin%agnus.datazap.net@localhost>]

Hi,

I just wanted to let you know that I have 2 - 250 gig hard drives in my
2000 and I would like to put in ones that are larger. There is no problem
with large hard drives in Amiga's running NetBSD. So, a 30 gig hard is not
a big deal.

Best Regards,
Al


On Fri, 17 Feb 2006, nzabrod wrote:

> Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 18:15:04 +0300 (MSK)
> From: nzabrod <nzabrod%yandex.ru@localhost>
> To: port-amiga%NetBSD.org@localhost
> Subject: Amiga hardware issues
>
> Hello ! I have couple of questions about NetBSD for Amiga usage.
> Currently, I'm using Debian Linux, and my A1200 is used for nightly
> BittTorent and other (Gnutella, FastTrack) downloads. So, questions:
>
> 1. Will my 30 gb IDE drive (or larger) will be fully supported ? In
> Linux I partitioned it successfully, but in AmigaOS I've got weird
> sizes of my HDD. I 'm confused, because install guide talks about
> partitioning in AmigaOS, so I can't access whole 30 gb in Amiga OS =(.
>
> 3. Is there any performance boost on NetBSD in comparison to m68k
> Linux ? I have a 68030 board with 32 mb fast ram. Will it be enough to
> run complicated python scripts or something like BitTorrent on NetBSD
> ?
>
> 4. Is AGA PAL or NTSC modes are available ? In linux I use SSH to
> manage system, but on install process I used just TV (monitor is not
> available)
>
>
> Thank you very much for your help in advance. Would you be so kind to
> cross-post your replies directly to nzabrod#yandex.ru =)
>
> --
> Best Regards
> Nikolay O. Zabrodotskiy
> http://mech.math.msu.su/~zabrod
>
>