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From: rstevens@noao.edu (W. Richard Stevens)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc
Subject: Re: unix source code
Date: 15 Nov 1995 11:56:14 GMT
Organization: National Optical Astronomy Observatories, Tucson, AZ, USA
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> >     Where can I get a CD-ROM of 4.4BSD-Lite Release 2?
> >      
> >     O'Reilly currently does not plan to revise their CDROM Companion.
> 
> If one did get Release 2, would they have any problem following your
> book "TCP/IP Illustrated Volume II"?  Should we play it safe get
> the original CD?

The networking changes from Lite to Lite2 are minimal (a few bug fixes)
so either should be OK.  I plan a posting of the exact diffs with an
explanation of what changed and why within a few weeks (as soon as I
can get Volume 3 finished ...).

	Rich Stevens