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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: BSD with APACHE WEB SERVER -  NEED HELP !
Date: 15 Sep 1995 10:52:30 GMT
Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM
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memory@memoryworld.com wrote:
>Is BSD better 
>equipped to handle this (ie. not a patch but ready to go ?) Also, is there an

Yes, IP aliasing with apache is supported directly out of the box and there
are no inherent limitations to the number you can host, except perhaps as
limited by your machine configuration itself (avail memory, etc).

>Finally, where can I get  freeBSD and who has the best distribution on something like CD-ROM ?

You can ftp it directly from ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/FreeBSD (just grab the
file RELEASE-2.0.5/floppies/boot.flp, image copy it to a floppy, boot and do a
network install) or you can order it from Walnut Creek CDROM.  See
http://www.cdrom.com/titles/freebsd.html.
-- 
						Jordan