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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!hookup!yeshua.marcam.com!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!Germany.EU.net!news.dfn.de!urmel.informatik.rwth-aachen.de!news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de!sfb256.iam.uni-bonn.de!volker From: volker@sfb256.iam.uni-bonn.de ( Volker A. Brandt ) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: Questions on NetBSD and FreeBSD (flame safe) Date: 25 Jul 1994 18:07:28 GMT Organization: Applied Math, University of Bonn, Germany Lines: 39 Message-ID: <310v11$26u@news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> References: <jwshin.774923005@nitride.EECS.Berkeley.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: sfb256.iam.uni-bonn.de In article <jwshin.774923005@nitride.EECS.Berkeley.EDU> jwshin@nitride.EECS.Berkeley.EDU (Jinwoo Shin) writes: >I'm a current Linux user and I'm seriously considering switching to either >NetBSD or FreeBSD for the reason of EXPERIENCE. (Note here that I'm not saying >that one side is better than others ... really ... with all these flames going >on in BSD groups, I have to cover my behind) Here are things that I can not >live without and wanted to make sure that both or either of NetBSD or FreeBSD >supports it. > >1) Support for Mitsumi FX001D cd. Yes, although you should get a SCSI CD ROM if you can afford it. >2) Can be "easily" setup to boot with OS/2 boot manager. Yes. >3) Has a ported/patched XView/Olvwm for it, or is reasonable for me to compile > it myself. Should be easy. >4) SLIP/CSLIP ... VERY IMPORTANT!!! SLIP & PPP. >5) Would be helpful if it can mount msdos partitions. Yes. BTW the current kindergarten war makes me barf. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Volker A. Brandt Internet: volker@sfb256.iam.uni-bonn.de Angewandte Mathematik Phone/FAX: +49 228 63 36 84 (Bonn, Germany)