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From: cgd@erewhon.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Chris G. Demetriou)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: FAQ_01. First Draft.
Followup-To: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Date: 3 Apr 93 19:33:40
Organization: Kernel Hackers 'r' Us
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Message-ID: <CGD.93Apr3193340@erewhon.CS.Berkeley.EDU>
References: <9304032124.AA07711.cgdtry2@hrd769.brooks.af.mil>
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In-reply-to: burgess@hrd769.brooks.af.mil's message of 3 Apr 1993 19:17:53 -0800
In article <9304032124.AA07711.cgdtry2@hrd769.brooks.af.mil> burgess@hrd769.brooks.af.mil (Dave Burgess) writes:
>1.8.5 Why shouldn't I get my distribution from UUNet?
>
>UUNET has a policy against binaries, so you won't be able to boot up if you
>do download it. This makes getting started impossible, and generally creates
>more trouble than it solves. Use 'archie' or the list above to get
>REAL distributions.
this is false.
the entire distribution, binaries and all is in
/systems/unix/386BSD on ftp.uu.net
this "no binaries" policy was amended not long after 0.1 came
out, when they got more disk space.
they have the full distribution, including "0.1-ports" and
all of unofficial (including "from-ref")...
there is no valid reason not to get it from uunet.
chris
--
Chris G. Demetriou cgd@cs.berkeley.edu
"386bsd as depth first search: whenever you go to fix something you
find that 3 more things are actually broken." -- Adam Glass