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From: michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: New 386bsd User
Date: 22 Nov 1994 16:24:07 GMT
Organization: HeadCandy Associates... Sweets for the lobes.
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References: <170768D82S85.UZS06A@ibm.rhrz.uni-bonn.de>
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In-reply-to: charnier@lirmm.fr's message of 22 Nov 1994 13:20:44 GMT

In article <CHARNIER.94Nov22142044@baobab.lirmm.fr> charnier@lirmm.fr (Philippe CHARNIER) writes:

   >>>>> "Markus" == Markus Tondorf <UZS06A@ibm.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> writes:
   In article <170768D82S85.UZS06A@ibm.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> UZS06A@ibm.rhrz.uni-bonn.de (Markus Tondorf) writes:


       Markus> Hello All I was thinking about installing Linux on my
       Markus> system. But then some people told me that 386bsd Unix is
       Markus> much better than Linux.  Now I want to know, what files do
       Markus> I need to install 386bsd on my system.

   Try FreeBSD, ftp.FreeBSD.org:/pub/FreeBSD or mirrors. FreeBSD-2.0-RELEASE is 
   not available yet but will soon (FreeBSD-2.0-ALPHA is 10 days old). You just 
   have enough time to read FAQs and READMEs :-)

You failed to point out that there is also NetBSD.  NetBSD-1.0 can be
obtained from many ftp sites, including ftp.iastate.edu (we have an
esnet connection, so access from .de should be fairly quick).

386BSD is old and unsupported.  NetBSD and FreeBSD are derivatives of
386BSD that are much more current and supported.  You don't want
386BSD, but one of its derivative systems: NetBSD or FreeBSD.

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   Michael L. VanLoon     michaelv@HeadCandy.com     michaelv@iastate.edu
  Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x for PC/Mac/Amiga/etc.
     Working NetBSD ports: 386+PC, Mac, Amiga, HP300, Sun3, Sun4c, PC532
               In progress: DEC pmax (MIPS R2k/3k), VAX, Sun4m
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