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From: fortin@zap.uucp (Denis Fortin)
Subject: --- Moving up from ix/386 to 386BSD !?! ---
Message-ID: <1993Mar29.085146.768@zap.uucp>
Organization: zap, Montreal QC, Canada
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1993 08:51:46 GMT
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Greetings!
I am considering "upgrading" my machine from ix/386 to 386BSD
(or Linux, but I'm leaning more towards 386BSD) (the reason I'm
upgrading is that I might need SLIP and/or PPP soon, and I don't feel
like sending SunSoft tons of money for their TCP/IP package).
Before I upgrade, I have three basic questions that aren't
really answered by the FAQ list for 386BSD:
a) I noticed in the "release notes" that it says DES is not implemented.
Does that mean I cannot take encoded strings from /etc/passwd on my
System V and plunk them in /etc/passwd under 386BSD? (I have a number
of uucp logins, and I haven't kept track of the passwords for them, so
I'd need to salvage the encoded strings from /etc/passwd).
b) I have a v.32bis modem which runs pretty regularly at high speeds for
uucp and Zmodem transfers. I use it with hardware flow control in
conjunction with a NS16550A uart and the FAS driver for SVR3 Unix
to get pretty decent throughput (I have it locked at 38400 bps).
Do I need to do anything special and/or extraordinary after I've
installed 0.1 to get this to work fine/fast? (I assume that I'd
have to get to the 0.1.2.2 patchlevel?)
c) I assume 386BSD doesn't come with HDB uucp. Which uucp comes with
it? The old "L.sys" style uucp? Any surprises in that area?
Thanks in advance!
Denis, fortin@zap.uniforum.qc.ca, lmcdefo@lmc.ericsson.se
PS. I'll also need to install Cnews relatively soon, but I assume that's
not a problem. (I read in one of the c.o.3 newsgroups that someone
had done it relatively painlessly recently.)
PPS. Wish me luck ;-)
--
Denis Fortin, DMR Quebec Inc, (514) 877-3301 (All of these opinions are my own)
fortin@zap.uniforum.qc.ca uunet!sobeco!zap!fortin lmcdefo@lmc.ericsson.se