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From: jkh@whisker.hubbard.ie (Jordan Hubbard)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: Why *BSD's have smaller user base ? [WAS: Can we quit with "Linux Sucks" ?]
Date: 26 Nov 1994 16:27:44 GMT
Organization: Jordan Hubbard
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In-reply-to: tzs@u.washington.edu's message of 26 Nov 1994 09:57:52 GMT

In article <3b70r0$26m@nntp1.u.washington.edu> tzs@u.washington.edu (Tim Smith) writes:

   This is the major reason FreeBSD didn't last on my system.  Is FreeBSD 2.0
   better?  Can I install it on my second disk, and is there some mechanism

Yes, FreeBSD 2.0 can install on your second disk.

   whereby I can keep my kernel image on one of my DOS filesystems, and boot
   that from DOS?

Not yet, but hopefully for 2.1.

					Jordan
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Jordan K. Hubbard	FreeBSD core team	Clams are your friends