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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bruce.cs.monash.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!sdd.hp.com!nigel.msen.com!caen!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: 386BSD Patchkit 0.2.4 Where ? Date: 6 Mar 1994 00:26:54 GMT Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman MT Lines: 32 Message-ID: <2lb80e$5tt@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <762882039snz@helen.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: bsd.coe.montana.edu In article <762882039snz@helen.demon.co.uk>, Ian Newham <ian@helen.demon.co.uk> wrote: >After some time away from bsd, I've bought a bigger HDD and put 386bsd >on it. I've got the patchkits up to 0.2.3 but I only know of one ftp >site with 0.2.4 and thats in Australia - and apparently their connection >is about "saturated". Any one out there know where I can ftp 0.2.4 >closer to or preferably in the U.K. ? The U.K. archie only turned up >somewhere in Taiwan (I think?) but that seems to time out on me. I didn't know that there was any site with the 0.2.4 patchkit, since the *ONLY* site that had it for awhile was my box, which deleted it months ago after FreeBSD 1.0 was released. >I know I should go for Free/NetBSD but I only have Dial-Up access so >ftp'ing all that would be unrealistic and since I paid for 386BSD 0.1 >I'm a bit loathed to dump it Getting the 0.2.4 patchkit is also a big chore. Wait a couple more weeks and get FreeBSD 1.1 and you will not be unhappy. If you're really interested you can upgrade from 386BSD -> FreeBSD with the upgrade scripts I created for that purpose. Also, 386bsd in any form is extremely unstable compared to any version of FreeBSD. However, it will still require downloading the new release. Nate -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | FreeBSD core member and all around tech. nate@cs.montana.edu | weenie. work #: (406) 994-4836 | Graduating May '94 with a BS in EE home #: (406) 586-0579 | - looking for work in CS/EE field.