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From: dec@lazarus.nrtc.northrop.com (Dwight E. Cass)
Subject: Re: Excuse me? [ was Re: Latest release of 386bsd ]
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Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1993 01:38:13 GMT
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In article <JKH.93Sep9212249@whisker.lotus.ie> jkh@whisker.lotus.ie (Jordan K. Hubbard) writes:
>>I'm sorry -- we've had a death in the family and we're not much available
>>right now. The 0.2 update can be obtained by sending a SASE mailer and
>>an error free high-density floppy to: Dr. Dobbs Journal, Tiny 386BSD,
>>411 Borel Avenue, San Mateo, CA. 94402 USA. There is no charge for the
>>service, but if you'd like to send a dollar or more for the kids helped by
>>the Children's Support League (a local charity), it would be most kind. New
>>announcements will be in DDJ and the compuserve DDJ forum (go ddj).
>
>My sincere sympathies, of course (any differences I may have with the
>Jolitzen stop when it comes to loses of this sort), though I can't
>help but wonder at this "0.2 update". How much can you conceivably
>update on a floppy? It looks to me like some sort of reduced
>functionality kernel ("tiny 386bsd") configured to run off a floppy,
>which is hardly what most people had in mind for the 0.2 release!
>
I just talked with the DDJ folks and they told me the following:
1. Yes, the "0.2" disk in question is only a TinyBSD boot disk.
2. No - they do not have the current copy and as such are
not in a position to distribute anything. They were
suprised when I referenced this message and indicated
that they will check into it.
3. The are NOT planning to release "0.2 (or whatever version
it will finally be called)" on Floppy. Instead, they will
be releasing it on CD as soon as it is ready.
4. They thought it might be another couple of months but
acknowledged that it could take until the first of the
year.
I too send my condolences to the Jolitz's and hope that things work
out for them in the future. I chomping at the bit to get their new
code whenever they can make it available. Meantime, its back to
FreeBSD/NetBSD/386BSD, or whatever is today's popular choice.
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