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From: colin@marsh.cs.curtin.edu.au (Colin Manning)
Subject: Re: What is 386BSD ?
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Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 01:26:33 GMT
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jas37876@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (John A. Slagel) writes:
> I know very little about 386BSD. I saw some articles in Dr Dobbs about
> porting Unix to 386, and I guess we can get it free, even the source
> code. That's all I know about it.
> 1. Is it really free ?
Well... the Jolitz's have put a lot of work into it, and have asked
for a donation if you can afford it.
> 2. Where can I get it ? (I can FTP)
agate.berkeley.edu 128.32.136.1
gatekeeper.dec.com 16.1.0.2
MATH.ORST.EDU 128.193.16.60
UTKUX1.UTK.EDU 128.169.200.67
terminator.cc.umich.edu 141.211.164.8
These addresses are from the FAQ
Just to name a few
> 3. How much disk space for:
> *kernel
> *X
> *source to kernel
> *source to X
Binary only: 49 M (30 disk, 5 swap, 14 extraction)
Source: 125 M (49 bin, 37 disk, +6 extraction, 25 recompile)
User software: +51 M
X Binaries require about 61 Meg (?)
I don't know about the sources.
> 4. I have 386-33, 130meg HD, 4meg RAM, ET4000 card, microsoft mouse.
> (no 387) will this config work?
Sounds like it should
> 5. How good does it work?
Great.
> 6. Is there free developement kit, C, C++, libraries,etc..?
GNU C & C++ & libs, etc
> Thanks for all information.
>--
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
> John A. Slagel "My old man used to tell me, before he left this
> j-slagel1@uiuc.edu shitty world, never chase buses or women- you
> always get left behind." -The Marlboro Man
--
Colin [colin@cs.curtin.edu.au]
"Knowledge is not knowing all the answers, but knowing where to find them."
-anon.