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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!startide.ctr.columbia.edu!wpaul From: wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu (Bill Paul) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD & Stevens TCP Vol II Book Date: 4 Jul 1995 18:08:19 GMT Organization: Columbia University Center for Telecommunications Research Lines: 44 Message-ID: <3tc02j$75i@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> References: <ojkxlmg0sdbT073yn@sscp.lkg.dec.com> <3sn3lp$i9j@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> <W5Mzlmg0spzL073yn@hanson.iii.net> <3t4bt7$pot@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> <2gK-lmg0sJTB073yn@hanson.iii.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: startide.ctr.columbia.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Daring to challenge the will of the almighty Leviam00se, Michael C. Cambria (cambria@hanson.iii.net) had the courage to say: : In article <3t4bt7$pot@sol.ctr.columbia.edu>, : wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu (Bill Paul) wrote: : > Actually, the TCP/IP code on the 4.4BSD-Lite CD does run; the : > 4.4BSD-Lite release as a whole does not run, however. : > : > What I meant by 'not a runnable OS' is that you can't just take the : > contents of the 4.4BSD-Lite CD, type a 'make world' on it and expect : > it to work. : This is what led to my confusion in the first place, (the tcp/ip code runs : but the release as a whole does not.) I presume one would have to compile : and link the bsd-lite tcpip into an OS that does run to make use of it. Yes, or fill in the missing pieces to 4.4BSD-Lite and make an OS out of it, which is more or less what's been done with FreeBSD/NetBSD/BSDI. : No need to explain how, since FreeBSD already has what I need :-) : IYO, as I have questions, should I post here? : Thanks for all your help, : Mike Well, if you have a question or comment about something concerning BSD TCP/IP code/performance/whatever, then by all means post it here. (If you discover a horrible bug in the BSD TCP/IP implementation, don't keep it to yourself. :) If you have a question about TCP/IP in general, then you might be better off in a newsgroup dedicated to TCP/IP. I think there's a comp.protocols.tcpip out there somewhere. -Bill -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~T~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Bill Paul (212) 854-6020 | System Manager Work: wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu | Center for Telecommunications Research Home: wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu | Columbia University, New York City ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Møøse Illuminati: ignore it and be confused, or join it and be confusing! ~~~~~~ "Welcome to All Things BSDish! If it's not BSDish, it's crap!" ~~~~~~~