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From: roy@otago.ac.nz
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: 386BSD CDROM information/experience
Message-ID: <1993Feb22.104530.735@otago.ac.nz>
Date: 22 Feb 93 10:45:30 +1300
Organization: University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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In response to my posting to COMP.UNIX.BSD requesting information
about 386BSD CD-ROM resources and for any users' experience with
such CDs. Thanks to those who sent replies. Here is a summary of
the information received:
1. CD-ROMs
From: IN%"mchristi@alsvid.une.edu.au" "Michael Christie" 13-FEB-1993
InfoMagic Vol 2 No 2
- Includes the binaries and source code for:
386BSD,
X-Windows V11R5,
GNU for unix and DOS,
plus quite a bit extra.
Contact address:
Infomagic
PO Box 338
Pennington
New Jersey 08534-0338
USA
tel: 609-683-5501
fax: 609-683-5502
(a limited number, three to four weeks supply) avalilable from:
Michael Christie
Kid Glove Computing Pty Ltd
Stewart's Building
112 Dalley St
P.O. Box 491
Mullumbimby
N.S.W. 2482
Australia
Phone +61 66 841 387
Fax +61 66 841 088
[Vol 2.2 is becoming scarce. New publication soon?]
From: IN%"jkh@whisker.lotus.ie" "Jordan K. Hubbard" 10-FEB-1993
> I'll be releasing such a CD in less than 30 days.
2. Users experience:
From: IN%"awb@edinburgh.ac.uk" "Alan W Black" 14-FEB-1993
I bought [InfoMagic 2.2 CDROM]... The CD is not designed as
a way of installing 386BSD just as a massive backing store
for various pieces of source. The CD cost 75US$ plus shipping (10$
for overseas I think). I got it by phoning them.
I use [CDs] as a backup so I can get bits of the source when I need it.
In fact that's really what I use my CDs for. They're like a big ftp
site that sits next to the machine I can suck things off when required
but as very few CDs have unpacked source on them you can't really use
them directly. (Even when they do have unpacked they *must* (to be
useful) use rockridge extensions to preserve the normal UNIX file
names.
The ISO9660 standard has a rather fixed MSDOS/VMS view to what
file names should be.) Use of ISO9660 disks under 386BSD is no problem
the almost all work (though I occasionally have problems with disks
that have very large directories.)...The main problem is that CDs are
rather slow, they beat floppies, but still are not something you want
to read all the time (browsing is ok though). Also they are still
pretty expensive--typically 50$ (US) a piece. For more info on CDs
see alt.cdrom (or ftp stuff from cdrom.com, (I recommend Walnut Creek
and the PTF disks).