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From: cgd@gaia.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Chris G. Demetriou)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.announce,comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: [NetBSD] New kernel-copy & install disk images available.
Followup-To: comp.os.386bsd.misc
Date: 6 May 93 07:35:05
Organization: Kernel Hackers 'r' Us
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Approved: 386bsd-announce-request@agate.berkeley.edu
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New versions of the NetBSD 0.8 install1 floppy and the NetBSD 0.8
kernel copy floppies are now available for anonymous ftp.
Fixes include the following:
for the kernel copy floppies:
The kernel-copy floppies have been updated with new kernels which have
the following fixes contained within:
(1) the telnet localhost when no other network interfaces are
configured and NetBSD reboots" problem has been fixed.
(2) serial ports are now correctly configured at com0 and com1
(3) support for QMAGIC, a better executable format. the old
executable format is still supported.
(4) SLIP support now configured into the kernel
There are other various and sundry changes, too numerous to mention
here, but none which should jump up and grab you.
for the install1 floppy:
the bootblocks in /usr/mdec are now the correct size. this should
fix the problems with bad144 which some users have been experiencing.
NOTE: if you're currently running NetBSD, you should copy
the files from /usr/mdec on this floppy to your hard disk.
If you're installing NetBSD for the first time, after
you're done installing, you should copy these files to the
hard disk, because they will be overwritten by the installation
process.
to do this do something like:
put the floppy in the floppy drive
mount /dev/fd0a /mnt
[ /dev/fd0a for "drive A", /dev/fd1a for "drive B" ]
cd /mnt/usr/mdec ; tar cvf - . | (cd /usr/mdec ; tar xvf -)
cd /
umount /mnt
the new versions are named:
kc-aha.fs1 the new kc-aha floppy image
kc-aha.fs1.z " " " " " gzipped
kc-ahbbt.fs1 the new kc-ahbbt floppy image
kc-ahbbt.fs1.z " " " " " gzipped
install1.fs2 the new install1 floppy image
install1.fs2.z " " " " " gzipped
they are currently available from
sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu:/NetBSD/NetBSD-0.8/floppies
agate.berkeley.edu:/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-0.8/floppies
and will probably eventually become available at the NetBSD distribution
sites listed below (and other places, too... 8-).
Bugs to: netbsd-bugs@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu
(PLEASE do not send bug reports to me personally)
If you wish to have your site added to the following list, send mail
to cgd@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu, and expect to wait a bit for a reply;
i'm way behind on my mail...
NetBSD Distribution Site List <1.3>
Name/IP-Addr/Location Type (all, no security, etc.)
agate.berkeley.edu no security set
128.32.155.1, 128.32.136.1
/pub/NetBSD
sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu all
128.32.240.164
/NetBSD
gatekeeper.dec.com all
16.1.0.2
/pub/BSD/NetBSD
src.doc.ic.ac.uk no security set
146.169.2.1
/computing/systems/unix/NetBSD (shortcut: /packages/NetBSD)
uglymouse.css.itd.umich.edu all
141.211.182.53
/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-0.8
ftp.und.ac.za no security set
146.230.128.13
/pub/unix/NetBSD
ftp.cs.few.eur.nl "home-grown" security set
130.115.1.95
/pub/NetBSD-0.8
ftp.funet.fi no security set
128.214.6.100
/pub/unix/NetBSD
pegasus.cs.utwente.nl "home-grown" security set,
130.89.15.25 ONLY
/pub/NetBSD
--
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