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From: burgess@cynjut.neonramp.com (Dave Burgess)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.announce,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce,comp.answers,news.answers
Subject: [comp.unix.bsd] NetBSD, FreeBSD, and 386BSD (0.1) FAQ (Part 2 of 10)
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Section 1. (General Network Information)
General information
This section of the FAQ is about the electronic support network
that exists for 386bsd and its off-spring.
1.0 I just downloaded all of 386bsd version 0.1 and I can't get
[some feature] to work? Do you have any suggestions?
Yes. Get FreeBSD, OpenBSD, or NetBSD.
The original 386BSD software was kind of buggy when it was put
up for anonymous FTP in 1992. It has been modified significantly
since then, and now exists in two different forms. There are people
who will argue that the original 386BSD was completely unusable,
but that is generally an overstatement.
Over 100 patches were applied to the original system, with hundreds
more waiting in the wings. It became just too much trouble to
constantly have to patch the system to get it to work. This
'patched' version of 386bsd became FreeBSD. Around the same
time, a second group split off from the original 386bsd tree
and became NetBSD. For the primary differences, see above.
Getting one of these two systems will provide you with a more
complete system, with newer utilities, and many bugs already
fixed.
1.1 Feature summary
Among the many features of these systems:
* Floppy disk based Installation
* Hard drive partitioning for use with MS-DOS partitions
* Compressed, multivolume CPIO dump format binary/source/other
distribution sets on MS-DOS floppies. The cpio is based
on the GNU cpio, and is completely free of encumbering USL
software.
* 387 support or emulation.
* SCSI support.
* Most CD-ROM support.
* NFS, TCP/IP and full networking.
* MS-DOS file system access.
* PPP and SLIP protocol support.
* System upgrades through Carnegie Mellon University's 'sup'
utility.
* Shared Library Support (in the newer version of both
NetBSD and FreeBSD.
* Both systems are based exclusively on Berkeley's BSD 4.4
Lite tape, instead of the encumbered 4.3 Net2 tape.
Hence, both systems are free of encumbered USL code and
are freely redistributable.
* Sound driver emulation through both Sun Microsystems' style
/dev/audio and the stereo /dev/sound interface.
1.2 *BSD software projects in progress
The list of software projects in progress is just too volatile
to go into a static document like the FAQ.
Folks that are interested in software projects for NetBSD
should contact netbsd-comments@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu and
let that mailing list know the same information.
Folks interested in software projects for FreeBSD should contact
the freebsd-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com mailing list and talk to
them.
1.2.1 Contacting software authors
Whenever you are working on a port of a software package, it is
always a good idea to contact the original author and offer
whatever changes you needed to make in order to port the software.
That way, subsequent releases of the package may include changes
that allow all users of *BSD the advantage of reusing your work
over and over.
Also, once you have ported a package to *BSD, you might want to
contact the respective *BSD teams to let them know you've completed
it and where it may be located.
For FreeBSD, contact:
<freebsd-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com>
For NetBSD, contact:
<netbsd-comments@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu.>
If the port was a simple recompile of the source and install, a
note to one of the newsgroups telling the story could be considered
appropriate as well.
In keeping with that, if you find a 'bug' in NetBSD, OpenBSD,
or FreeBSD, or find a problem that causes you some headaches and
find a solution, you should contact the author of the particular
driver/module/program and let them know.
1.3 Minimum hardware configuration recommended
There has been considerable debate about what the REAL minimum
configuration for *BSD is. Some would claim that it is the
smallest computer that an installation will succeed on. Others
claim that it is the smallest usable computer (based on RAM and
speed constraints) and others would claim that it should be
based on using 'X'-windows.
The smallest installable platform is an 80386, using an MGA card,
with at least 2Meg of RAM and a 20 Megabyte hard disk. While not
all SCSI cards (especially EISA) are supported, a great many are
either in the base distribution or through patches. Thanks to
the new shared library code in FreeBSD and NetBSD, a 20Meg
installation should be easier now (in spite of the more advanced
functionality) than it ever was before.
A comfortable installation which includes source and binary
distributions, as well as other utilities will work in about
100Meg of hard drive.
'X' requires at least a Hercules MGA; for masochists only, from
what I understand.
See section 8 for more details.
1.4 Where to get the source and binaries
1.4.1 Where can I get the distribution on floppy or tape?
Many people will copy files onto diskettes or tapes if you
coordinate it with them ahead of time.
1.4.2 Where can I get the distribution via FTP?
If you are looking for the original 386bsd version 0.1, you are
pretty well out of luck. See Section 0 for more information on
where to look for Web sites on information on the *BSD family.
1.4.3 Where can I get the distribution on CD ROM?
In a new joint venture, John Cargille, DiscNet, Inc., and
InfoMagic, Inc. are pleased to announce their joint release
of the BSDisc. This collaboration should be beneficial to
all of our customers, since it brings to bear more experience,
more support capability, and economies of scale in production.
The BSDisc is scheduled to ship every six months or so. The
current (November 1995) disk is a two CD set with the following:
- NetBSD 1.1
- distribution sets for x86, sparc, mac68k, and amiga
- expanded source tree for all architectures
- FreeBSD 2.1.5
- distribution sets for x86
- expanded source and binary trees for x86
- XFree86 binaries for both FreeBSD and NetBSD
- X11R6 (xc as well as contrib)
- BSD-related news archive
- various Answers to Frequently asked Question (FAQs)
The BSDisc is available both for single-issue purchases, or on
a buying plan. Single-issue price is $35.00; subscription pricing
is $19.50 (or less) per issue, for a minimum length of 3 issues.
(Those prices do not include S/H.)
For single-issue purchases, contact InfoMagic at:
+1-800-800-6613
InfoMagic, Inc. Tel: +1-602-526-9565
PO Box 30370 Fax: +1-602-526-9573
Flagstaff, AZ 86003-0370 e-mail: orders@Infomagic.com
info@infomagic.com
For information about subscriptions, contact DiscNet at:
DiscNet, Inc. +1-608-846-9838
841 Acker Pkwy
DeForest, WI 53532 email: bsdisc-info@grilled.cs.wisc.edu
bsdisc-orders@grilled.cs.wisc.edu
European subscriptions, email: bsdisc@altona.ppp.net
I received this note from Jordan back in 1993. It is now sorely
out of date, since there have been many releases of FreeBSD
since then. The ordering info is still correct.
While I will _always_ encourage obtaining FreeBSD through "free"
channels (the Internet, friends, suspicious individuals in dark
alleys), and given that none of us will make any money from CD
sales, or ever have from FreeBSD in general given that WC's
sponsorship is confined to the loan of centralized development
hardware and network access, I still hope that some of you will
find the CD distribution medium convenient enough to order a
FreeBSD CD from Walnut Creek, thus indirectly supporting our
future development work.
If this marriage between commercial and free software interests
proves to be mututally beneficial (which still remains to be seen,
from Walnut Creek's point of view), it is my hope that it may serve
as a model for similar future endeavors. It is an unfortunate fact
that developing free software at this scale costs money, even with
the developers donating their time and efforts, and financing some
of it through the sale of convenient distribution media is one of
the least venal ways I know of going about it.
This CD contains a full FreeBSD 1.0.2 source & binary release, the
sources and binaries for XFree86 2.0, and numerous sources from the
FreeBSD "ports collection". Where space permitted, sources were
provided in both "packed" and "unpacked" forms for easy access both
as an on-line resource and as a source for compressed downloads in BBS
or release-construction situations. The CD is fully ISO9660 compatable
and has been mastered using RockRidge extensions for long filenames on
systems that support it (like FreeBSD! :-).
It is, of course, possible to install the system off the CD from
scratch, given some basic willingness to read a little documentation
and a few blank floppy disks. [ Ed Note. You would be surprised the
number of people that do not see this paragraph...DBB]
For the sake of convenience, I append the ordering information
distilled from FreeBSD's /usr/src/RELNOTES.FreeBSD below.
Ordering information:
Walnut Creek CDROM
4041 Pike Lane, Suite D
Concord CA 94520
1-800-786-9907, +1-510-674-0783, +1-510-674-0821 (fax)
Or via the internet from orders@cdrom.com. A current catalog can
be obtained via ftp from ftp.cdrom.com:/cdrom/catalog.
They accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and ship COD
within the United States. California residents please
add 8.25% sales tax.
roman@public.btr.com (Roman Yanovsky roman@btr.com) sent in this
note. I have editted it down some, but left in the bulk of the
stuff in case you need more information:
Subject: Linux Slackware and FreeBSD CD-ROM with X-windows etc.
Trans-Ameritech presents "The best Linux plus FreeBSD CDROM ever"
[ Linux stuff deleted ]
* For hacker's reference an uncompressed FreeBSD source tree is
provided.
* On the BSD side there is a full source and binary distribution
of the "final" FreeBSD 1.0
* If you have questions or problems Trans-Ameritech provides free
support via e-mail within 24 hours.
* We ship the same day as we get the order.
The new CDROM is available for $30 plus shipping/handling. If you
are a current customer, it is only $20. New releases will be
available every 3 month. Subscription is available.
Trans-Ameritech Enterprises, Inc.
2342A Walsh Ave.
Santa Clara, CA 95051
Tel. 408/727-3883
FAX: 408/727-3882
This information is offered with no warranties, guarantees,
franchise offers, or recommendations.
1.5 Electronic Information Groups for *BSD
1.5.1 Usenet newsgroups
General BSD questions can be posted to comp.unix.bsd. Bear
in mind, however; that your questions to this group should
really be about BSD in general, not a specific implementation
detail of *BSD.
Newsgroup for discussion of general BSD questions:
comp.unix.bsd.misc
Newsgroups for the discussion of the Bill and Lynne Jolitz
version of 386BSD:
comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.announce
comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc
Newsgroups for the discussion of the FreeBSD version of BSD 4.4
Lite:
comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce
comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Newsgroups for the discussion of the NetBSD version of BSD 4.4
Lite:
comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.announce
comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Newsgroups for the discussion of the commercial version of the
BSD 4.4 Lite system:
comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.announce
comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
1.5.2 Newsgroup archives.
These sites maintain a historical record of the traffic in the Usenet
Newsgroups indicated. There are others, but I haven't gotten their
names yet.
Host Name IP address Location Newsgroups archived
-------------------- -------------- -------------- ----------------
minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au 131.236.20.70 Australia comp.unix.bsd,
comp.os.386bsd.*
src.doc.ic.ac.uk 146.169.2.1 London, UK comp.os.386bsd.*
1.5.3 *BSD system mailing lists.
With the elimination of the old 386bsd mailing lists, the only
mailing lists that are still available are the ones for FreeBSD
and NetBSD. Information about the NetBSD lists and how to use
majordomo (the list handler) is available by mailing to
majordomo@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu.
There are four mailing lists for FreeBSD and they are:
FreeBSD-hackers: for hackers
FreeBSD-questions: misc questions
FreeBSD-bugs: bug reports
FreeBSD-current: discussion of -current (in development)
Send to FreeBSD-hackers-request@freefall.cdrom.com to be added
to the hackers list, and *-questions-request@freefall... to be
added to the questions list.
For information about the NetBSD mailing lists, see the NetBSD
Mailing List FAQ that is posted regularly by Chris Demetriou in
comp.os.386bsd.announce.
1.5.4 System Updates.
There are at least two different ways of getting the updates
for the current source tree for both FreeBSD and NetBSD. The
first is the traditional FTP method, and the other is using a
utility called 'sup'. This program keeps a log of the source
modules that have been updated and sends out only those files
that have been changed. Included below are some sample
instructions from John Brezak <brezak@apollo.hp.com> on how to
run sup for NetBSD. The sup procedures for FreeBSD are similar
and are available via ftp from freefall.cdrom.com in the
~/ftp/pub/sup directory. This directory contains the sup
program, a man page, a sample sup-file and full instructions
for maintaining your sources via 'sup.
Instructions for installing NetBSD sources and releases using SUP
-----------------------------------------------------------------
1.3 1993/11/3
SUP is a network installation package written by CMU used to
distribute software. For more details on SUP refer to the man
pages.
Sup works by reading a configuration file (supfile) and using
this information to determine what "collections" of files will
be loaded from the collection repository. Here is an example
of a supfile to load the NetBSD current release.
[ Notes: lines have been broken for readability; do NOT use '\'
in supfiles and the information here is an EXAMPLE. This ain't
a cooking school, folks. Also, the information in these lines
has changed for each of the distributions. Read the
documentation that comes with your software carefully for the
lastest information. ]
src release=current host=sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu hostbase=/b/anon_ftp
base=/usr prefix=/usr backup
ksrc release=current host=sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu hostbase=/b/anon_ftp
base=/usr prefix=/usr backup
security release=current host=sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu
hostbase=/b/anon_ftp base=/usr prefix=/usr backup
gamessrc release=current host=sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu
hostbase=/b/anon_ftp base=/usr prefix=/usr backup
regress release=current host=sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu
hostbase=/b/anon_ftp base=/usr prefix=/usr backup
#othersrc release=current host=sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu
hostbase=/b/anon_ftp base=/usr prefix=/usr backup
This supfile will load the "current" collections for "src",
"ksrc", "security", "gamessrc", and "regress" in the /usr
directory on the local machine. The "othersrc" collection will
not be loaded because it is commented out.
The supfile line is made up of keywords that describe the
collection's location on the sup server and where and how it
will be loaded on the local host.
release - the release of the collection to load.
host - the 'host' where the SUP repository resides.
NetBSD uses sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu .
hostbase- the pathname on the host to the base of the
collection. The hostbase for NetBSD is "/b/anon_ftp".
base - where you want to install it locally.
prefix - used to locate the "sup" directory to write sup's
info about updates. Usually the same as base.
This supfile can also set some options. The "old" option tells sup
to check all files for changes, not just those that are newer than
the last sup update. Normally sup will overwrite local files with the
changed file from the repository. If the sup collection specifies
that an existing file should be renamed to a backup, the "backup"
option in the supfile activates this. The "delete" option tells
sup to delete any files locally that are no longer in the
collection - be careful with this one. The "keep" option will
cause sup to NOT update files that have been changes locally.
The "compress" option will use gzip to compress the files before
transfer and gunzip them on the receiving end. This option can be
used to cut down on the number of transmitted bytes.
You may want to set 'base' and 'prefix' to something other than /usr
if you want to preserve your existing src tree.
The sup repository on sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu currently offers these
collections.
src, ksrc, security
The sources for NetBSD
othersrc
The current sources for contributed parts of
NetBSD. This contains the sources for sup.
regress
The current sources for the NetBSD regression test
suite.
If you only want the kernel sources for a specific port there are
some sub packages that you can use instead of the "ksrc" one. If
you are using the sub packages, be sure to also sup the
"ksrc-common" package.
ksrc-common
Kernel sources common to all ports.
ksrc-1, ksrc-sparc, ksrc-hp300, ksrc-amiga, ksrc-mac,
ksrc-pc532, ksrc-pmax, ksrc-sun3
Kernel sources for a particular port.
The security package is not to be sup'ed by sites outside of the
U. S., read the "README.export-control" file for details.
Each collection can have multiple releases (as specified by the
"release" keyword).
IMPORTANT!!
Be aware that the current release is simply a snapshot of the
daily state of NetBSD development and is not guaranteed to
build (or even work) - use at your own risk !
Stable releases of NetBSD are available via SUP. Instructions
are included with the release announcement.
Before running sup, be sure that your /etc/services contains
these entries.
supfilesrv 871/tcp # for SUP
supfiledbg 1127/tcp
To try sup without really updating anything use the '-f' flag.
The '-v' flag means verbose and can be used to see what sup is
doing.
sup -fv supfile
The sup binary, sup man page and sample supfiles can be ftp'ed
from sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu:~ftp/pub/sup . Comments should be
directed to "sup@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu".
A mailing list exists for users of the NetBSD "current"
release. To join, mail to 'majordemo@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu'
with a mail body of "info". The reply will describe the mailing
lists for NetBSD. The you will want to subscribe to the
"current-users" mailing list. We will use this list to announce
any special changes made to the "current" tree.
1.6 Documentation available
There are two types of documentation for *BSD. First is the
set that covers the operation and theory used in BSD-Unix.
1.6.1 BSD manuals
The full set of BSD documentation is available via anonymous FTP
from ocf.berkeley.edu in /pub/Library/Computer/doc4.3. To print
this documentation on *BSD systems, replace the ditroff
references in the Makefile with 'groff -e -t -msU {SRC} >out.ps'
to generate PostScript format files. Use different options to
make the output conform to other print styles.
The etc distribution also comes with a documentation directory
/usr/share/doc which has nearly 3Meg of documentation about *BSD.
In addition, on-line manuals are available in the binary
distribution set. It contains specific information on the use
of UNIX utilities and commands. Type "man man" for information
on the online manual.
1.6.2 BSD books
For learning how to work in the Unix environment, the standard text
is "The Unix Programming Environment," by Kernighan and Pike.
For Unix Administration, the best is "Unix System Administration
Handbook," by Nemeth, Snyder and Seebass.
For systems level programming (i.e., systems calls), I recommend
"Advanced Unix Programming," by Marc Rochkind. Unfortunately it is
out-dated and oriented towards System V.
A new book "Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment," by W.
Richard Stevens is very up-to-date, and an excellent reference,
especially for dealing with POSIX standards issues.
For network programming, "Unix Network Programming," by W. Richard
Stevens is highly regarded.
The 4.3BSD Unix Manuals contain loads of invaluable tutorials and
historical papers in addition to hard copies of on-line documentation.
The six volume set is available from Usenix for $60.00 (email:
office@usenix.org)
The 4.4 BSD Unix Manuals are the authoritative source for
information about the 4.4 BSD release, and by inference the
NetBSD and FreeBSD systems. They are available from O'Reilly
and Associates (the Nutshell series people). In addition the
the six volume set, there is a CD included (at a price) of the
entire 4.4 release. Combine this with the NetBSD 1.0 or FreeBSD
2.0 systems, and you should have a commercial quality operating
system available in no time.
I recommend you look at "The AWK Programming Language," by
Aho, Weinberger and Kernighan. This is a very nice prototyping
language - powerful and easy to use.
Another excellent reference book for *BSD is "The Design and
Implementation of the 4.3BSD UNIX Operating system" by Samuel J.
Leffler, Marshall Kirk McKusick, Michael J. Karels, John S.
Quarterman, 1989, Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-06196-1. While this
book is out of date in many sections, it is purported to be an
excellent source of historical information, if nothing else.
Chris Demetriou recommends the sections on the treatment of
file systems, caching and the networking layer. The sections in
this books which do not apply to *BSD include the VM section,
bootstrapping, and autoconfig.
Here is a list from Hellmuth Michaelis (duplicative as it may seem
to have all of these lists) for more information on *BSD:
UNIX AND UNIX DEVICE DRIVERS
----------------------------
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc. "UNIX Programmer's Manual, Seventh
Edition, Volume 2". Revised and Expanded Version.
Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1983
George Pajari, "Writing Unix Device Drivers"
Addison Wesley 1992
Janet I. Egan and Thomas J. Teixeira, "Writing a UNIX Device Driver"
John Wiley & Sons 1989, especially the 30 page appendix
handling the unique features of the BSD system.
Janet I. Egan and Thomas J. Teixeira, "Writing a UNIX Device Driver"
Second Edition. John Wiley &*BSD1992
Leffler, McKusick, Karels, Quarterman, "The Design and Implementation
of the 4.3BSD UNIX Operating System"
Addison Wesley 1988, corrected Reprint 1989
Leffler, McKusick, "The Design and Implementation of the 4.3BSD UNIX
Operating System, Answer Book"
Addison Wesley 1991
Maurice J. Bach, "The Design of the UNIX Operating System"
Prentice-Hall 1986
Sun Microsystems Inc., "Writing Device Drivers"
Part No. 800-3851-10, Revision A of 27 March 1990
Hewlett-Packard Company, "HP-UX Driver Development Guide",
Part No. 98577-90013, First Edition 07/91
W. Richard Stevens, "Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment",
Addison Wesley 1992
Phillip M. Adams, Clovis L. Tondo, "Writing Unix Device Drivers in C",
Prentice Hall 1993
Peter Kettle, Steve Statler, "Writing Device Drivers for SCO UNIX,
A Practical Approach", Addison Wesley 1993
In addition, there are many other books which, for one reason or
another, have not made it into this brief list. Rest assured that
this is not intended to be an exhaustive list by any means.
There is also some documentation associated with the pcvt
console driver. Since this documentation is part of the normal
distribution on both FreeBSD and NetBSD, and DOES document a
device driver, it should be considered a good source for more
insight into writing device drivers.
1.6.3 The Jolitz Book
Bill and Lynne Jolitz are wrote a book about 386bsd. It
includes the source code for the replacement version of 386BSD
0.1. It is available from Dr. Dobbs Journal and other sources.
1.6.4 Dr. Dobbs' journal
For users who wish to understand the internals of the BNR/2 BSD
family of Operating Systems originally developed and/or ported by
William F. Jolitz from 1989 to the present, the most immediate
and available reference is the feature series entitled
"Porting UNIX to the 386: A Practical Approach", appearing in Dr.
Dobbs' Journal, USA (January 1991 to July 1992) and UNIX and iX
Magazines, Germany (June 1991 to present). For inquiries on the
article series (including reprints), contact the magazines for
information.
"Porting UNIX to the 386: A Practical Approach" (feature series)
by Jolitz and Jolitz
1/91: DDJ "Designing a Software Specification"
2/91: DDJ "Three Initial PC Utilities"
3/91: DDJ "The Standalone System"
4/91: DDJ "Copyright, Copyleft, and Competitive Advantage"
4/91: DDJ "Language Tools Cross-Support"
5/91: DDJ "The Initial Root Filesystem"
6/91: DDJ "Research and the Commercial Sector: Where Does
BSD Fit In?"
7/91: DDJ "A Stripped-Down Kernel"
8/91: DDJ "The Basic Kernel"
9/91: DDJ "Multiprogramming and Multiprocessing, Part I"
10/91: DDJ "Multiprogramming and Multiprocessing, Part II"
11/91: DDJ "Device Autoconfiguration"
2/92: DDJ "UNIX Device Drivers, Part I"
3/92: DDJ "UNIX Device Drivers, Part II"
4/92: DDJ "UNIX Device Drivers, Part III"
5/92: DDJ "Missing Pieces, Part I"
6/92: DDJ "Missing Pieces, Part II"
7/92: DDJ "The Final Step: Running Light with 386BSD"
You can contact M&T Books (DDJ) for reprints if you can't get them from
your technical library:
1-800-356-2002 (inside CA)
1-800-444-4881 (better In NA Backorder number)
1-415-358-9500 (international)
6/91: UNIX Magazin "Portierung von BSD-UNIX auf den 80386. Heimlich
Liebe."
7/91: UNIX Magazin "Steighilfe."
8/91: UNIX Magazin "Systemverwaltung durch Tabellen"
9/91: UNIX Magazin "Sicher bewegen auf fremdem Terrain"
10/91: UNIX Magazin "Damit die Fehlersuche nicht zum Hurdenspringen
wird"
11/91: UNIX Magazin "Alles in eine Schublade"
12/91: UNIX Magazin "Feuer und Wasser"
1/92: UNIX Magazin "Rekursives Speicher-Mapping"
2/92: UNIX Magazin "Tanz auf dem Eis"
3/92: UNIX Magazin "Aus Hanschen wird Hans"
4/92: UNIX Magazin "Das Geheimnis des Multiprogramming"
5/92: UNIX Magazin "Zeitmanagement scheibenweise"
6/92: UNIX Magazin "Magie des Kernels"
7/92: UNIX Magazin "Erkenne Dich Selbst"
9/92: UNIX Magazin "Niemand is eine Insel"
10/92: UNIX Magazin "Treiberlatein"
12/92: UNIX Magazin "Einlandung erforderlich"
1/93: iX Magazin "Wir unterbrechen das Programm"
2/93: iX Magazin "Liste gut, alles gut"
3/93: iX Magazin "Blick ins Allerheiligste"
4/93: iX Magazin "Von Bl"ocken, Ringen und Zeichen"
NOTE: The series in UNIX Magazin was moved to IX Magazin in 1/93.
The article in the April issue was the last one in the series.
In addition, other major articles which discuss 386BSD in detail:
8/92: UNIX Magazin "Interview mit Bill Jolitz. Das passiert mit
386BSD" by Jurgen Fey
8/92: DDJ "Very High-Speed Networking" by W.F. Jolitz
12/92: DDJ "Inside the ISO-9660 Filesystem Format" by Jolitz and
Jolitz
Reprints of the first 19 parts on the UNIX Magazin series are available
from:
iX Redaktion
Stichwort: 386BSD-Serie
Verlag Heinz Heise GmbH & Co KG
Helstorfer Str. 7
D-30625 Hannover, Germany
Some of the parts are without code listings due to the unclear
status of the BSD releases stemming from the Net/2 release. Dr.
Dobbs is reported out of back issues of the articles listed above.
You best bet may be to try your local public or school library.
1.6.5 Documentation that comes with most of the distributions.
In the standard set for both NetBSD and FreeBSD there is a directory
called '/usr/share/doc'. Here is a 'du' listing.
128 /usr/share/doc/ps1/06.sysman
98 /usr/share/doc/ps1/07.ipctut
116 /usr/share/doc/ps1/08.ipc
16 /usr/share/doc/ps1/13.rcs
37 /usr/share/doc/ps1/14.sccs
420 /usr/share/doc/ps1
123 /usr/share/doc/smm/02.config
14 /usr/share/doc/smm/04.quotas
78 /usr/share/doc/smm/05.fsck
42 /usr/share/doc/smm/06.lpd
92 /usr/share/doc/smm/07.sendmailop
14 /usr/share/doc/smm/08.timedop
99 /usr/share/doc/smm/10.newsop
83 /usr/share/doc/smm/11.named
77 /usr/share/doc/smm/14.fastfs
128 /usr/share/doc/smm/15.net
41 /usr/share/doc/smm/16.sendmail
21 /usr/share/doc/smm/20.termdesc
17 /usr/share/doc/smm/22.timed
851 /usr/share/doc/smm
144 /usr/share/doc/usd/04.csh
97 /usr/share/doc/usd/07.Mail
66 /usr/share/doc/usd/09.newsread
68 /usr/share/doc/usd/10.etiq
67 /usr/share/doc/usd/14.edit
107 /usr/share/doc/usd/15.vi
61 /usr/share/doc/usd/16.ex
13 /usr/share/doc/usd/21.msdiffs
45 /usr/share/doc/usd/22.memacros
43 /usr/share/doc/usd/23.meref
26 /usr/share/doc/usd/33.rogue
25 /usr/share/doc/usd/34.trek
798 /usr/share/doc/usd
2077 /usr/share/doc
For those of you that don't read 'du -k' listings, this means that
there is 'around' 2 MEGABYTES of documentation in the 'doc'
directory. In addition, there are a few man pages.
2312 /usr/share/man/cat1
397 /usr/share/man/cat2
1 /usr/share/man/cat2a
855 /usr/share/man/cat3
1 /usr/share/man/cat3f
607 /usr/share/man/cat4
368 /usr/share/man/cat5
166 /usr/share/man/cat6
169 /usr/share/man/cat7
749 /usr/share/man/cat8
Something on the order of another 4 Megabytes of manual pages.
That's what, about 6 MILLION CHARACTERS of documentation.
I have received mail from several sources saying that my
approximation of the amount of system documentation is way too
low (by a factor of at least 50%). Given the fact that even by
my meager estimation there is already more information here
than most people can be bothered to read, whether there is 6
Meg or 60 Meg seems like overkill.
Now, does anyone REALLY want to whine about there being no
documentation included with the system?
1.6.6 The O'Reilly and Associates BSD 4.4 Set.
O'Reilly and Associates puts out a five book series that
includes all of the documentation for BSD 4.4. In addition,
they also sell a CD-ROM with all of the publically releaseable
BSD-4.4 code that is available. These books are good references
(perhaps not perfect, since many changes to the system have been
made even since these books were produced) but they do provide a
great deal of background and rationale for the system and the
history for much of the system.
1.6.7 Other FAQ's on the net that are relevant
There is now a FAQ set up specifically for FreeBSD. In addition
to answering the many specific questions that folks have about
FreeBSD, it is also a good source for information on NetBSD.
In spite of all of the shouting and chest beating that you hear
from time to time, the systems are still very close.
There are many FAQs that can be used in conjunction with *BSD
systems. These include the FAQs for all of the GNU software,
the different shells that are available, the programming
languages that are available, and many more. In addition, many
programs have their own FAQ which should be referenced whenever
that package is being added. Good examples of the latter are
the FAQs for elm, C-News, and innd.
Most FAQs are available by anonymous FTP from rtfm.mit.edu and
via Usenet News in news.answers and/or comp.answers. This FAQ
is no exception (I hope).
1.7 FTP sites for *BSD
A standard tool on Internet connected hosts for finding files is
'archie'. Searching the archie archive for either "NetBSD" or
"FreeBSD" yields the following list. For UUCP sites, FTP-Mail
is available from gatekeeper.dec.com.
For those folks that have access to telnet, but not FTP, you can use
archie by using telnet and connecting to 132.206.2.3. Log in as
'archie' and use the 'prog' command to find programs of interest.
The list below is included primarily for those folks that have only
uucp, and will need to get their software though UUCP and other
channels.
1.7.1 Official distribution sites
FreeBSD's 'home' is FreeBSD.cdrom.com (the home disk of Walnut
Creek). The portions of FreeBSD (versions less than 2.0) that
were encumbered are distributed with the tolerance of
AT&T/USL/Novell/SCO/whoever owns the source for SysV this
week. All FreeBSD versions (with version number >= 2.0) are
based solely on the freely redistributable BSD 4.4 sources.
NetBSD's 'home' is now ftp.NetBSD.Org. All versions of
NetBSD since 0.9 have replaced the kernel code from the 4.3
distribution with the source from the 4.4 distribution. The
only code still in NetBSD from the 4.3 distribution is some user
program code that was uncontested in the USL/UCB agreement.
OpenBSD's 'home' is ftp.openbsd.org. It was based on NetBSD
Version 1.0, so it is (by definition) clean. One big difference
here is that nearly anyone can write changes to the kernel code
in the -current line and make their updates available.
1.7.3 Reference sites
There is a site in Germany that is acting as a reference site
for FreeBSD. The name is "g386bsd.first.gmd.de", also known as
"bsd386.first.gmd.de". Sorry, no anonymous ftp yet. But there is
a "guest" login with the password "guest".
But the most important reason why I had installed the machine on
the network was for all these people who don't have enough space
to compile their own kernel or their own packages. They can do
it on this machine. ATS ( ats@first.gmd.de or ats@cs.tu-berlin.de )
1.7.4 Unofficial archive sites that have neat stuff!
There are many sites that have things which have either been ported
to *BSD or are available to the world. Use archie to find these
sites, or read the pertinent newsgroups for more information.
Listed here because they don't have access to 'archie' yet...
g386bsd.first.gmd.de -or- bsd386.first.gmd.de:
Sources for 386bsd0.1 and the later patchkits.
Source for NetBSD0.8 and the newer snapshots.
Xfree is installed binary as version 1.3.
Ported software are:
tcsh6.03.00
emacs19-15
gcc-2.4.5
top3-1
perl4.0.36
elvis1.7
bison-1.21
rn and nn.
In addition, ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de has a lot of neat
software and Wolfram Schneider (wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de) has
'ported' the FAQ into LaTeX. It is available in
pub/386BSD/FAQ/tex in both PostScript and DVI formats.
1.7.5 Where can I get a non-X cdplayer program for NetBSD?
Take a look on:
charon.amdahl.com:pub/agc
where you'll find (amongst others)
-rw-r--r-- 1 agc 3311 Oct 25 03:51 cdplay-netbsd.tar.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 agc 11043 Dec 7 07:16 cdplayer.c
-rw-r--r-- 1 agc 45034 Oct 17 01:14 xcdplayer-2.2-netbsd.tar.gz
cdplay is a port to NetBSD of a command-line interface Audio CD
player. Dave Burgess took that and (I think) produced cdplayer.c.
xcdplayer is the X11 interface, originally from the FreeBSD port,
but cleaned up, bugs fixed and made so that FreeBSD *AND* NetBSD
are supported.
1.7.6 X Ported Software List
This is a list of non-core X window system application that
have been ported to *BSD. The ftp server and directory
name are listed above and each file or directory name is
followed by a short description. Feel free to send corrections,
additions or suggestions to rich@rice.edu.
sunvis.rtpnc.epa.gov:/pub/386bsd/incoming:
Dirt.tar.Z GUI development tool kit
XBSD8514-0.1.Z 8514 X server port
XS3-0.3-exp.Z S3 X server port
acm.tar.Z aerial combat mission/flight simulator
chess-vort-movie.tar.Z ?
epoch.Z enhanced emacs for X
jpeg.tar.Z jpeg viewer
libXaw3d.a.Z 3D widget library
mpeg-1.2.tar.Z animated raster image viewer
ups-2.45.bin.tar.Z C source level debugger with slick GUI
vort-movie.tar.Z ?
xantfarm.tar.Z screen saver with ants?
xbench.tar.Z X server performance measurement tool
xpipeman.tar.Z game: connect pipes to keep a liquid within
xxgdb.tar.Z GUI for GNU source level debugger
ftp.netbsd.org:/pub/NetBSD/packages:
It would be nice to get more packages for popular
programs/collections. If you want to build a package, look at
/pub/NetBSD/packages/README.{contributions,detailed}
arc-5.21.tar.gz Arc version 5.21
archie-1.4.1.tar.gz Archie version 1.4.1
emacs-19.28.tar.gz Emacs 19.28 with X toolkit (1)
emacs-19.28-sans-X.tar.gz Emacs 19.28 without X (1)
flexfax23beta036.tar.gz FlexFax 2.3 beta release 036 for
NetBSD 1.0 (1)
gcc-2.6.3.tar.gz GNU C Compiler, 2.6.3 (1)
gnat-2.03.tar.gz GNAT: Ada and C compiler
gnumake+bash.tar.gz GNU utilities (1)
gopher-2.1.2.tar.gz Gopher version 2.1.2
gs312+gv15.tar.gz GhostScript 3.12 and GhostView 1.5
(1)
hylafax-3.0beta096.tar.gz HylaFAX version 3.0 beta 095 (1)
mfuud-3.7.8.tar.gz mfuud 3.7.8
mh-6.8.3.tar.gz MH 6.8.3 (1)
mpeg_play-2.0.tar.gz mpeg_play version 2.0
mtools-2.0pl7.tar.gz mtools version 2.0 pl 7 (1)
ncftp-1.5.6.tar.gz ncftp v1.5.6
perl-5.000.tar.gz Perl5.000 binaries for NetBSD-1.0/1
tcsh6.05.tar.gz tcsh 6.05 (1)
tex.tar.gz TeX 3.1415, MF 2.71, dvipsk-5.58c,
xdvik-18d, plus TeX tools (1)
unzip-5.12.tar.gz UnZip 5.12 (1)
workman_122a.tar.gz WorkMan CD-Audio player, version
1.2.2a (1)
xview32_client.tar.gz XView 3.2 clients (1)
xview32_pgmr.tar.gz XView 3.2 programming kit (1)
xview32_runtime.tar.gz XView 3.2 runtime (1)
zmodem-3.03.tar.gz zmodem 3.03
zoo-2.01.tar.gz zoo 2.01
XFree86-3.1.1/ XFree86-3.1.1
also: octave-1.1.1 (not in pkg format, octave has its own
binary dist format)
m68k4k (hp300):
usr.X11R5.X11_dynamic.tar.gz X11R5 remaining lib parts for
shared kit (hp300)
usr.X11R5.X11_static.tar.gz X11R5 remaining lib parts for
static kit (hp300)
usr.X11R5.bin_dynamic.tar.gz X11R5 binaries (dynamic linkage)
(hp300)
usr.X11R5.bin_static.tar.gz X11R5 binaries (static linkage)
(hp300)
usr.X11R5.fonts.tar.gz X11R5 fonts (hp300)
usr.X11R5.include.tar.gz X11R5 include files (hp300)
usr.X11R5.lib_dynamic.tar.gz X11R5 shared libraries (hp300)
usr.X11R5.lib_static.tar.gz X11R5 static (.a) libraries (hp300)
usr.X11R5.man.tar.gz X11R5 manual pages (hp300)
sparc/X11R6:
X11R6bin.tar.gz X11R6 binaries and shared libraries
(sparc)
X11R6cfg.tar.gz X11R6 customizable configuration
files (sparc)
X11R6font.tar.gz X11R6 required fonts (sparc)
X11R6fs.tar.gz X11R6 Font Server (sparc)
X11R6lib.tar.gz X11R6 data files (sparc)
X11R6prog.tar.gz X11R6 programming kit--headers
and static libraries (sparc)
X11R6sun.tar.gz X11R6 server for Sun color displays
(sparc)
X11R6sunmono.tar.gz X11R6 server for Sun monochrome
displays (sparc)
X11R6xfnt.tar.gz XFree86 3.1.1 non essential fonts
m68k8k (amiga, sun3, mac):
bison-1.22.tar.gz GNU Bison 1.22 (m68k)
cim-1.40.tar.gz CIM v1.40 Simula -> C translator
(m68k)
elm-2.4pl23.tar.gz Elm 2.4pl23 (m68k)
emacs-19.28.tar.gz GNU Emacs 19.28 with toolkit (m68k)
gccbin-2.6.2.tar.gz GCC 2.6.2 (m68k)
gmake-3.71+bash-1.14.1.tar.gz GNU Utilities: bash 1.14.1,
make 3.71 (m68k)
irc-2.6.tar.gz IRC 2.6 (m68k)
lha.tar.gz LHA (m68k)
libg++-2.6.tar.gz libg++, version 2.6 (m68k)
lynx-2.3.tar.gz Lynx 2.3 (m68k)
netrek.tar.gz netrek (m68k)
perl-4.036.tar.gz perl 4.036 (m68k)
perl-5.000.tar.gz perl 5.000 (m68k)
screen-3.6.0.tar.gz Screen 3.6.0 (m68k)
tcl-7.3.tar.gz Tool Command Language (tcl) 7.3 (m68k)
tcsh-6.05.tar.gz tcsh 6.05 (m68k)
texinfo-3.1.tar.gz texinfo 3.1 (m68k)
top-3.3.tar.gz top 3.3 (m68k)
Please note: If you are compiling GPL code, we need to
provide source on the NetBSD ftp server (in case the
versions are updated elsewhere and old source distributions
are withdrawn).
boss1.physik.uni-bonn.de (131.220.161.41)
Be sure to read the FTP.doc file (available in each directory),
because the FTP server of boss1 can not transfer whole diretory
trees in one turn (SVR4, not my choice...), but people are
trying it very often.
May be you should also mention that it is possible to fetch a
current list via "finger elch@boss1.physik.uni-bonn.de" including
the timestamp of the last change in the last line. Here is the
current list (4-Feb-1996):
pub/NetBSD/elchware/4.4BSD-Lite.rc-1.4-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/BSD4.4.usr.src.old-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/CVv1.2.2-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/MPEGv1.2.1-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/NCR-ftp.wasabi.com-950927.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/NCR.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/NESSUSv2.1-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/README.txt
pub/NetBSD/elchware/SNNSv3.3-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/XC-Xedit-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/aic7xxx_like_adaptec2940-NetBSD.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/archie-1.4.1-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/archivers-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/binhex-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/bwbasic-2.10-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/cpm-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/dosu-1.36.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/emacs-19.27-NetBSD-build.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/eutl-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/f2c-19950201-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/f2c-19950201-NetBSD.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/flexfax-v2.3beta036-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/fspclient-0.0-h+-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/gethost.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/ghostscript-3.01-NetBSD.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/ghostscript-3.12-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/gnuchess-4.0-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/gs3.12-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/httpd_1.3-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/irsim-9.2-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/joe-1.0.8-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/ksh-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/lharc102A-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/lmbench-1.0-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/make-3.72.1-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/manapanna-1.1.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/md5.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/md5.tar.gz.md5
pub/NetBSD/elchware/mixer-NetBSD.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/mpu401-.1.fixed.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/msql-1.0.5-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/mtools-2.0.7-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/mule-2.0-NetBSD-build.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/mush-6.4-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/ncr.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/netcall-1.1-NetBSD.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/newsfind-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/pdksh-5.1.2-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/perl-4.036-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/pine3.91-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/pkg_src-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/print_FreeBSD_1.1.5.1_ports-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/readline-2.0-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/rzsz_FreeBSD_1.1.5.1_ports-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/sam-4.3.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/smbserver-1.6.04-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/sox-pl11-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/stardate-NetBSD.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/tcsh-6.05-NetBSD.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/texinfo-3.1-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/top-3.2-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/vchat-ip-2.11e-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/vchat-ip-2.11e.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/vmsbackup-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/xrgb-1.1-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/zsh-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/NetBSD_src_patches/README
pub/NetBSD/elchware/NetBSD_src_patches/README.first.WARNING
pub/NetBSD/elchware/NetBSD_src_patches/netbsd_extra_src.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/NetBSD_src_patches/patches.old.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/NetBSD_src_patches/patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/AppPlusS.1.1.2-NetBSD.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/ButtonFaceLib-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/ComboBox-1.22a-NetBSD.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/DoubleSliderScale-1.1-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/Emacs-mule-NetBSD-app-defaults.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/Emacs-mule_fonts.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/EmiClock-1.0.2-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/FWF-3.671-master-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/Wcl-2.7-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/Xbae.4.0-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/aXe-6.1.2-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/acm-4.5-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/asedit-1.31-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/ashe-1.0-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/ashe-1.0.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/auis-6.3-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/coolmail-1.2-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/e93-1.1r4X-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/fvwm-1.22f-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/gauge-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/ghostview-1.5-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/gs261pl4-NetBSD.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/llnlxdir1.0-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/llnlxftp2.0.3-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/mcard-1.1-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/mfm-1.0-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/mfsm-1.1-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/mpeg2play_v1.1b-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/mpeg_play-2.0-NetBSD.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/mpeg_wdgt2.0b-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/mpeg_widget-2.0b-NetBSD.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/mtree-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/mxedit-2.4-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/mxrn-6.18-pl24-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/nedit-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/oneko-1.1b-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/pbmnorm.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/pbmplus10dec91-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/pbmtodot.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/pixmap2.6-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/pnmnlfilt-1.0.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/point1.63-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/psview-1.41-NetBSD.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/rars-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/smedit-2.83.1.7-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/spider-1.1-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/tcl7.3-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/tclMotif.1.2-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/tk3.6-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/transfig.2.1.8-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/wbuild-2.4-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/x3270-3.0.3-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/xanim2682.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/xboard-3.1.pl1-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/xclosedown-1.0-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/xcoral-2.1-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/xdiff-1.4-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/xdiw-07jul94-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/xdoor.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/xdtm-2.5.2.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/xdtm-2.5.5-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/xengine.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/xevil-1.3-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/xfig.2.1.8-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/xforms-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/xfreecolours-1.0-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/xinfo-1.01.01-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/xisola-1.0-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/xkobo-1.3-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/xkobo-1.5-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/xli-1.15-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/xloadimage.4.1.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/xlockmore-1.11-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/xmapedit-v1.00-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/xmbase-grok-1.2-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/xmcd-1.1-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/xmixer.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/xoj-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/xpick-1.21-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/xplz-3.4-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/xrgb-1.1-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/xrn-7.03-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/xscreensaver-1.25-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/xsession-1.1-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/xsnap-pl2-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/xspacewars_v0.0.2-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/xtea-1.3-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/xteddy-1.0.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/xv-3.10a-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/xv-gauge-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/xview-3.2-NetBSD-X11R6.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/xview-3.2-NetBSD.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/xvmines-1.0-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/xvminitoppm-NetBSD.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/xwit-1.0-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/xxgdb-1.11-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/X11/zorro-1.1p4-NetBSD-patches.tar.gz
pub/NetBSD/elchware/install/install_patches.tar.gz
1.8.7 Motif for the *BSD family. (Infomercial to follow)
While I don't normally include commercials in the FAQ, I will
this time. Motif is an interesting product that will help the
development of the free Unices. It can also serve as a
benchmark for other commercial organizations to consider
supporting us by producing versions of their products that will work
on these systems.
Sequoia International, Inc. (305-783-4915/305-783-4935 (FAX))
sells a complete Motif 1.2.3 Runtime and Development package
for FreeBSD, NetBSD, BSD/386, OpenBSD, Linux, and Coherent.
It is available for $149.95 and includes the following:
* The Motif Window Manager (mwm)
* Shared Library (libXm) [operating system dependent]
* Static Libraries (libXm, libMrm, libUil)
* Header and Include Files
* Complete On-Line Manual Pages
* Source code to OSF/Motif Demo programs
* Complete OSF/Motif Users Guide
Send mail to info@seq.com or contact them at the address below:
Sequoia International, Inc.
600 West Hillsboro Blvd, Suite 300
Deerfield Beach, FL 33441
Phone: (305)783-4915 / FAX: (305)783-4935 / Email: info@seq.com
--
Dave Burgess (The man of a thousand E-Mail addresses)
386bsd FAQ Maintainer / SysAdmin for the NetBSD system in my spare bedroom
"Just because something is stupid doesn't mean that there isn't someone
that wants to do it...."