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From: alm@netcom.com (Andrew Moore)
Subject: Re: from 386bsd0.1 to FreeBSD or NetBSD 0.9
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Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1993 14:39:56 GMT
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In article <CD190K.FwG@latcs1.lat.oz.au> wongm@latcs5.lat.oz.au (M.C. Wong) writes:
>Hi,
>  I am currently using 386bsd 0.1 + pk 0.2.4! My question is how easy
>it is to upgrade from :
>
>  i) 386bsd to FreeBSD
>  ii) 386bsd to NetBSD

There is an upgrade script from any 386BSD version to FreeBSD.

>  My question is do I have to reinstall everything to go from existing system
>to either one of them ? Also , Since FreeBSD incorporate all of the patchkits,
>does it mean, it will cut down the overall installed size ? (since we no longer
>need to keep a separate dir for the patchkit)!

I don't have exact figures at the moment.
The overall installed size is quite large still, of course.

>  I read some discussion about FreeBSD and NetBSD are quite similar, and
>before I go ahead ftp megabytes of stuff, I will like people that has
>done the above transition to give me some experience.

Whether you install FreeBSD or NetBSD, please wait for the new install
disks and/or the upgrade script.  Both are being readied for release.

>  Basically, I will like to get all of the features I am having in the old
>system, ie sio supports, XFree 1-3, syscons-0.2, slip support etc etc ...!

I believe these are supported in both NetBSD and FreeBSD.  sio you may
have to add yourself to NetBSD.

>  Apart from ease of transition to a newer platform, I wonder if anyone can
>summarize some improvements over 386bsd, eg performance wise, less bugs etc ?

Chris has done a good job of maintaining a change log for NetBSD.
Nothing comparable for FreeBSD, unfortunately.  The emphasis in both
systems has been usability.

>  Last question is, if 386bsd 0.2 is ever going to come out, is there an
>easy upgrade from 386bsd 0.1 to it? How about from FreeBSD to 386bsd 0.2 ?
>
>  I am waiting for a big change over but hope to stick with 386bsd 0.2 (when
>it comes out). And is has been months that I wait for the announcement for
>its birth. I wonder if anyone knows of any development of it, and when it
>will be released by estimation ?

The inside information is that it was to be released last February :)
Bill reminds us that BSD stands for "Berkeley Software's Delayed"
-AM