. .Nx*M \*V runs on most Sun3 machines, including: l -column -offset indent 3/260 3/280 3/160 t 3/50 Ta 3/60 Ta 3/110 t 3/75 Ta 3/150 Ta 3/160 t 3/260 Ta 3/280 Ta 3/E t 3/80 Ta 3/470 .El
p Note that .Nx*M now includes support for .Sq "Sun3X" machines, which used to be supported with a separate .Nx Ns /sun3x distribution.
p The minimal configuration requires 4 MB of RAM and about 80 MB of disk space. To install the entire system requires much more disk space (approx. 100 MB additional space is necessary for full sources). To run X or compile the system, more RAM is recommended. Good performance requires 8 MB of RAM, or 16 MB when running the X Window System.
p Here is a table of recommended HD partition sizes for a full install: l -column -offset indent Partition Suggested 100xMBxx Needed 100xMB t Partition Ta Suggested Ta + X Ta Needed Ta + X t / (root) Ta "20 MB" Ta "20 MB" Ta "15 MB" Ta "15 MB" t /usr Ta "175 MB" Ta "205 MB" Ta "75 MB" Ta "105 MB" t /var Ta "20 MB" Ta "20 MB" Ta "5 MB" Ta "5 MB" t swap Ta Em 2*RAM ... .El .(item -offset indent Anything else is up to you! .item)
p As you may note, the recommended size of
a /usr is 100 MB greater than needed. This is to leave room for a kernel source and compile tree as you will probably want to compile your own kernel. .Li ( GENERIC is large and bulky to accommodate all people).
p Note that the \*M installation procedure uses a .Em miniroot image which is placed into the swap area of the disk. The swap partition must be at least as large as the miniroot image (10 MB). . .Ss2 Supported hardware .(bullet -offset indent Serial ports (RS232) .(bullet -compact built-in ttya, ttyb .bullet) t Video adapters .(bullet -compact bwtwo t cgtwo t cgfour .bullet) t Network interfaces: .(bullet -compact On-board Lance Ethernet t On-board or VME Intel Ethernet t Sun3/E SCSI/Ethernet board .bullet) t SCSI .(bullet -compact Most SCSI disks, tapes, CD-ROMs, etc t On-board Sun3/80 SCSI
q Em esp t On-board SCSI-3
q Em si t VME SCSI-3 board
q Em si t Sun3/E SCSI/Ethernet board .bullet) t SMD Disks .(bullet -compact Xylogics 450/451 t Xylogics 753/7053 .bullet) t Input devices .(bullet -compact .Tn Sun keyboard and mouse .bullet) t Miscellaneous .(bullet -compact Battery-backed real-time clock. t On-board floppy controller (Sun3/80 floppy) .bullet) .bullet)
p If it's not on this list, there is no support for it in this release.