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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!tporczyk From: tporczyk@netcom.com (Tony Porczyk) Subject: Re: BSD CD-ROM : Walnet Creek or Infomagic ? Message-ID: <tporczykD1so9u.Gu5@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) References: <3e8t0q$gnp@vishnu.jussieu.fr> <1995Jan3.002220.531@robkaos.ruhr.de> Date: Mon, 2 Jan 1995 20:15:30 GMT Lines: 21 robsch@robkaos.ruhr.de (Robert Schien) writes: >The only part the InfoMagic CD is missing seems to be the souce code >of XFree86. All other parts (ports and packages) seem to be identical. >But: the Infomagic has the X11R6 (Xconsortium) tar files. >Plus: InfoMagic has the binaries and souces for NetBSD for i386, mac68k, >amiga and sparc platforms. Plus: usenet articles of the comp.386bsd.* groups. >BTW: the InfoMagic CD is almost full (689 MB), whereas the Walnut Creek >contains only 417 MB (it's one of the smallest WC CDs I ever had). >I'm happy to answer further questions you may have. What about installation procedures? Are they identical from both CDs? Have you installed from both? I'm very interested in buying *BSD CD soon, but I don't want to be unpleasantly surprised afterwards... t. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Tony Porczyk * tporczyk@netcom.com * home page under construction GCS/ED/B d++ H- s++:+ !g p? a? w+ v++(---) C++ UL++++$ P+ L++$ 3+ E--- N++ W-- M- po---(+) Y+ t+@ 5-- R- D- !e>e+ u*(---) h* f+ r+++(*)+++(*)> -----------------------------------------------------------------------