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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.netline.net!news.netline.net!not-for-mail From: brunell@netline.net (David Brunell) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Switching from BSDI to FreeBSD Date: 18 Aug 1995 14:48:19 -0400 Organization: Netline Communications, Inc. Lines: 15 Message-ID: <412n9j$ncb@tesla.netline.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: tesla.netline.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] I'm soliciting comments from anyone, particularly ISP's, who have switched from BSDI to FreeBSD (or vice-versa). Our ability to buy cheap BSDI binaries may end soon, and it isn't cost effective to pay $2000 for an operating system for a terminal server. My main concern is support for the Digiboard PC/Xem and synchronous cards like the RISCom/N2. I understand the ET/5025 is supported, but it is nice to have more choices. In general, how portable is binary code from BSDI to FreeBSD? Can one generally rule out driver compatibility? Thanks, David Brunell Netline Communications