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From: kstailey@leidecker.gsfc.nasa.gov (Kenneth Stailey)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: Difference between -1.0 and -1.0A??
Date: 07 Nov 1995 17:47:49 GMT
Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center -- Greenbelt, Maryland USA
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In-reply-to: daver@sirius.cs.pdx.edu's message of 6 Nov 1995 19:00:33 GMT

> What is the diffence between NetBSD-1.0 and
> NetBSD-1.0A?

The main difference is that you can still get a copy of 1.0, while
1.0A is no longer being distributed since NetBSD-current is now called
1.1_ALPHA, having moved on.

It is probably a formidable task to upgrade a 1.0 system to 1.1_ALPHA.
There are three ways to do it:

1) get the long list of steps that are necessary to compile the
   1.1_ALPHA sources and do them all perfectly.

2) get a binary snapshot of 1.1_ALPHA from ftp.wasabi.com.

3) Wait for the final 1.1 product and use that maybe in a few months.

~Ken