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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:4212 comp.os.386bsd.development:2717 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.386bsd.development Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!hasty From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) Subject: Re: 386BSD Release 1.0 Ships!!! Message-ID: <hastyCzBMJA.Lut@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) References: <jmonroyCz4rG2.9wH@netcom.com> <3a7g56$2tq@obelix.cica.es> Date: Tue, 15 Nov 1994 18:11:33 GMT Lines: 28 In article <3a7g56$2tq@obelix.cica.es> jon@obelix.cica.es (Jonathan Noel Tombs) writes: >In article <jmonroyCz4rG2.9wH@netcom.com>, >Jesus Monroy Jr <jmonroy@netcom.com> wrote: >What is this talking about "Today is one of..." Linux existed for about a >year before 386BSD 0.1, and was in a usable state about 6 months before the >release. It was a further 6months before any release of 386BSD was usable >(the early versions took a dislike to my hard disks, and long commandline >arguments caused a kernel panic). ^^^^^^^^^^ I do miss kern_execve.c bugs perhaps it was the single module with the most problems. Hi Jon, His statement was laced with some truths. Bill worked on 386bsd for a very long time before he release it. In fact, he was part of BSDI from which he left. Cheers Amancio -- FREE unix, gcc, tcp/ip, X, open-look, netaudio, tcl/tk, MIME, midi,sound at freebsd.cdrom.com:/pub/FreeBSD Amancio Hasty, Consultant Home: (415) 495-3046 e-mail hasty@netcom.com