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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!chi-news.cic.net!news.wctc.net!spcuna!ritz!ritz From: ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Chris Mauritz) Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. BSDI References: <45bt9b$ism@tzlink.j51.com> Organization: Mordor International Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1995 05:50:10 GMT X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Message-ID: <DG7xJM.6xJ@ritz.mordor.com> Lines: 32 Louis Epstein (lepslog@j51.com) wrote: : As I've noted,I'm planning to use FreeBSD on my nascent ISP(the digital : circuit and phone lines are coming in this week,the computers hopefully : next,the modems the week after). : : However,the guy who is selling my systems wants to install BSDI,which he : is familiar with,and the guy who recommended FreeBSD to me is not familiar : with the differences between FreeBSD and BSDI. If it's BSDI 2.0 then they are more alike then they're different. They're both based on bsd 4.4lite. : I do NOT want to have to keep upgrading a commercial-product license as I : expand my network. BSDI charges a lot more for user licences suitable for ISP use. : So if I install the OS-independent Internet apps while waiting for 2.1 : to reach release status,and then convert the OS to 2.1 when it comes out : and take the network live,what differences will I encounter between BSDI : and FreeBSD? You probably don't want to do this. It would be a major pain in the ass. Just intall FreeBSD 2.0.5R or one of the latest snap releases. They're quite stable. Also, if you have to support the users on the machines, you're probably much better off just buying machines with NO operating system and install what you want from scratch. At least then you know what you've got. Chris -- Christopher Mauritz | For info on internet access: ritz@mordor.com | finger/mail info@ritz.mordor.com OR Mordor International | http://www.mordor.com/ 201/212/718 internet access | Modem: (201)433-7343,(212)843-3451