Category Archives: NetBSD

My view on the NetBSD operating system

First bit of trouble with NetBSD 4.0

Posted on 22 July, 2007 by Matthias Scheler

Ever since I updated my server to NetBSD 4.0_BETA2 it has been working without any problems … until last Friday. After 80 days uptime it crashed while I was logged in remotely during my lunch break. I was lucky and … Continue reading →

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Virtual Virtuosity

Posted on 1 July, 2007 by Matthias Scheler

Last week I got a new desktop at work. It’s a real nice workstation class PC with a lot of CPU power and memory. It’s purpose is to simulate a small network of computers via VMware Server for software testing. … Continue reading →

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Enjoy the Slowness

Posted on 1 May, 2007 by Matthias Scheler

While exploring new features in NetBSD 4.0_BETA2 I found out that the Enhanced SpeedStep support now works with my server’s Pentium M 760 CPU. The kernel is able to clock the CPU from 2GHz down to 800MHz. After a few … Continue reading →

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