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1NetBSD/sun3 _VER runs on most Sun3 machines, including:
2		3/50, 3/60, 3/110
3		3/75, 3/150, 3/160
4		3/260, 3/280, 3/E
5
6NetBSD/sun3 _VER does not run on the Sun3/80 (sun3x class)
7but that is presently handled as a separate distribution.
8Use NetBSD/sun3x for Sun3/80 and Sun3/470 support.
9
10The minimal configuration requires 4M of RAM and about 80MB of disk
11space.  To install the entire system requires much more disk space
12(approx. 100MB additional space is necessary for full sources).
13To run X or compile the system, more RAM is recommended.  Good
14performance requires 8MB of RAM, or 16 MB when running the
15X Window System.
16
17Here is a table of recommended HD partition sizes for a full install:
18	partition:	advise,	with X,	needed,	with X
19	root (/)	20M	20M	15M	15M
20	user (/usr)	95M	125M	75M 	105M
21	swap		----- 2M for every M ram -----
22	local (/usr/local)	up to you
23
24As you may note the recommended size of /usr is 20M greater than
25needed. This is to leave room for a kernel source and compile tree as
26you will probably want to compile your own kernel. (GENERIC is large
27and bulky to accommodate all people).
28
29Note that the sun3 installation procedure uses a `miniroot' image
30which is placed into the swap area of the disk.  The swap partition
31must be at least as large as the miniroot image (8MB).
32
33The following Sun3 hardware is supported:
34
35	Serial ports (RS232):
36		built-in ttya, ttyb
37
38	Video adapters:
39		bwtwo, cgtwo, cgfour
40
41	Network interfaces:
42		On-board Lance Ethernet
43		On-board or VME Intel Ethernet
44		Sun3/E SCSI/Ethernet board
45
46	SCSI:  (Most SCSI disks, tapes, CD-ROMs, etc.)
47		On-board "si" (SCSI-3)
48		VME "si" (SCSI-3) board
49		Sun3/E SCSI/Ethernet board
50
51	SMD Disks:  (the big, heavy ones 8^)
52		Xylogics 450/451
53		Xylogics 753/7053
54
55	Input devices:
56		Sun keyboard and mouse
57
58	Miscellaneous:
59		Battery-backed real-time clock.
60
61If it's not on this list, there is no support for it in this release.
62