Return to BSD News archive
Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!uwm.edu!psuvax1!news.ecn.bgu.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ns.mcs.kent.edu!delozier From: delozier@mcs.kent.edu (Greg Delozier) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: So, what's up with 386bsd? Date: 23 Nov 1994 15:06:22 GMT Organization: Kent State University Lines: 38 Message-ID: <3avlpe$h49@ns.mcs.kent.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: condor.mcs.kent.edu Hi, [Foreword: I'm aware that by asking the following question, I'm running the risk of disturbing Mr. Monroy's current quiescence, for which I apologize in advance...] Well, some time back around the time of the formation of the NetBSD and FreeBSD groups, there were some various comments attributed to the Jolitzen that the next release of 386bsd was going to have some revolutionary feature set that would just amaze everyone. You remember: new kernel architecture, memory management improvements, etc. So a few weeks ago, I read something to the effect that the 386bsd CD-ROM had actually shipped. Since Jesus Monroy and the other faithful (at M&T, I guess) had been intimating for quite some time that the CD-ROM would be worth the wait, I expected at least _someone_ would finally get the thing and perhaps share their impressions with us. So far, nothing... So, questions: Is the CD-ROM finally shipping? Does it work? What are, actually, these radical improvements? What's the feature set like? Was it worth the wait? Worth the money? I know, if I wanted to install a Unix today on a PC, I'd probably go get FreeBSD or Linux (or NetBSD, if I have some RISCy thing) and be done with it. But as a student of OS design (literally) I'm interested in the current state of the art, and if the Jolitzes have contributed to it, regardless of their own personal quirks, I'd really like to hear about it... Thanks for your comments... -greg --- Greg DeLozier/Senior Scientific Analyst, Loral/PhD Student, KSU