Return to BSD News archive
Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!caen!destroyer!news.itd.umich.edu!blammo.css.itd.umich.edu!pauls From: pauls@css.itd.umich.edu (Paul Southworth) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: [386BSD] FAQ ? Date: 24 Nov 1992 22:26:09 GMT Organization: University of Michigan ITD Consulting and Support Services Lines: 45 Message-ID: <1eua61INN98a@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu> References: <By8oIu.6Lo.2@cs.cmu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: stimpy.css.itd.umich.edu Originator: news@stimpy.css.itd.umich.edu In article <By8oIu.6Lo.2@cs.cmu.edu> phdye+@VEGA.FAC.CS.CMU.EDU (Philip Dye) writes: >Does a FAQ exist for 386BSD ? Yes. One place to find it is wuarchive.wustl.edu /mirrors4/386bsd/386bsd-0.1/ unofficial/386bsd.FAQ >If so I suspect it would answer the following questions: > > - What is 386BSD ? a unix-oid operating system for 386/486 pc-clone systems > - How / Where does one obtain the product ? ftp is easiest. use the address I gave you above. > - What does it cost ? nothing to you > - How is support provided and at what cost ? for the most part, you're looking at it (not me, this newsgroup) > - What facilities are provide and what state are they in ? well, we're working on upgrading the support facilities, but it's up to you. head over to news.groups and see what you think of the proposed facilities in the RFD for comp.os.386bsd.* > - Will it run on a Packard Bell Legend 920 ( 486 20 MHz ) ? it might. maybe someone else knows. if the machine is relatively "normal" it probably will. get the file "dist.fs" (a floppy boot disk image) out of ~386bsd-0.1/bootable on an ftp site, and write it to a floppy using RAWRITE.EXE (in DOS) from ~386bsd-0.1/tools and fire up your machine for the acid test. Paul Southworth | ftp ftp.css.itd.umich.edu (Not speaking for) | Political Archives in /poli Information Technology Division | Writable incoming directory on: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor | redspread.css.itd.umich.edu <Representing myself. Everything I say is for educational use only.>