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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news-peer.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!jussieu.fr!rain.fr!news.sprintlink.net!news-dc-9.sprintlink.net!news.tellink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-pen-14.sprintlink.net!neonramp.com!cynjut.neonramp.com!cynjut.neonramp.com!not-for-mail 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) Supersedes: <386bsd-faq-2-841241603@cynjut.neonramp.com> Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Date: 13 Sep 1996 01:00:06 -0500 Organization: Dave's House in Omaha Lines: 1305 Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.Edu,cgd@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu Expires: 10/01/96 01:00:03 CDT Message-ID: <386bsd-faq-2-842594403@cynjut.neonramp.com> References: <386bsd-faq-1-842594403@cynjut.neonramp.com> Reply-To: burgess@cynjut.neonramp.com (386bsd FAQ Maintainer) NNTP-Posting-Host: cynjut.neonramp.com Keywords: FAQ 386bsd NetBSD FreeBSD !Linux X-Posting-Frequency: Posted on/about the 13th and the 27th of every month. Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.announce:248 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce:328 comp.answers:19133 news.answers:74514 Posted-By: auto-faq 3.1.1.2 Archive-name: 386bsd-faq/part2 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. There are (at least) two things which differentiate OpenBSD from NetBSD. One big difference here is that nearly anyone can write changes to the kernel code in the -current line and make their updates available. Another is OpenBSD is hosted in Canada, and therefore has no export restrictions on any of it's code (specifically the encryption code for DES). 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 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(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) *bsd FAQ Maintainer / SysAdmin for the NetBSD system in my spare bedroom "Just because something is stupid doesn't mean there isn't someone that doesn't want to do it...."