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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!ditka!slacvm!shih Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Date: Thursday, 9 Mar 1995 13:13:39 PST From: <SHIH@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> Message-ID: <95068.131339SHIH@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: FreeBSD 2.0, 4.4BSD-Lite, and 4.4BSD Lines: 21 Hi there, Could someone answer those questions? FreeBSD 2.0 is based on 4.4BSD-Lite. Does FreeBSD 2.0 source code distribution contain ALL the source code? Is 4.4BSD-Lite a complete unix operating system, or just a part of 4.4BSD? I just purchased a copy of 4.4BSD-Lite CD-ROM Companion, with a CD disk. It says it contains the source code for 4.4BSD-Lite, but it does not include sources for the complete 4.4BSD system. I am really confuesed by that statement. It sounds like 4.4BSD is a complete unix operating system (we know that), but 4.4BSD-Lite is not a complete unix operating system (I thought it was). Very appreciated if someone can clearify that. Ching Shih shih@cithe312.cithep.caltech.edu