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Subject: Free BSD vs. NET/BSD - whats the diff?
Message-ID: <1995Oct31.094013.7072@venus.gov.bc.ca>
From: lorys@tbc.gov.bc.ca (Stuart Lory)
Date: 31 Oct 95 09:40:13 PST
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Can anyone tell me the difference between FreeBSD and NETBSD, or 
where I can look for such information? Are the two systems related 
or maintained by the same people? I have been using linux for a long 
time and would like to experiment with BSD but I can't seem to find much
information on the differences between the two. I have a 386 that runs
NETBSD but when I try to boot the FreeBSD boot disk it just reboots,
does this mean that my 386 won't run FreeBSD?

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Stuart Lory
Victoria BC Canada
lorys@tbcisb1.tbc.gov.bc.ca