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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!enews.sgi.com!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.mathworks.com!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!ratty.wolfe.net!usenet From: Reginald Burgess <regb@amer-grp.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: [comp.unix.bsd] NetBSD, FreeBSD, and 386BSD (0.1) FAQ (Part 3 of 10) Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 17:16:03 -0800 Organization: American Group Lines: 43 Message-ID: <3293AD53.277@amer-grp.com> References: <386bsd-faq-1-847868403@cynjut.neonramp.com> <386bsd-faq-3-847868403@cynjut.neonramp.com> Reply-To: regb@amer-grp.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.159.5.73 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (Win95; I) To: 386bsd FAQ Maintainer <burgess@cynjut.neonramp.com> Dave Burgess wrote: > > Posted-By: auto-faq 3.1.1.2 > Archive-name: 386bsd-faq/part3 > > Section 2. (Common installation questions) > > 2.0 Install process > > Once the files are on floppies, thoughts usually turn to > questions about how to install the boot image on a floppy. The > rawrite program (for DOS) is used to write the bootable images > (dist.fs and fixit.fs) onto floppies. The same image can used > for 3 1/2 and 5 1/4 high density diskettes. NetBSD uses the .fs > file extension for its floppy images. FreeBSD uses the .flp > extension. I just couldn't resist, one Burgess to another!! I don't mean to be a wet blanket, but I don't think you would have those problems with the Caldera Network Desktop. Hardware detection is superior with Caldera. Most all NE2000 cards and even some DEC based PCI cards. I am a Caldera Channel Partner, and I'll ship you a copy of the Caldera CND, if you provide me with a proof of purchase of your Distribution - yes a "competitve upgrade" - for $45.00 (plus shipping and handling). The network card and setup is almost always automatic. If not menus drive it in the install, and the install stops and gives you a chance to add it at install for the boot and boot disk. The secret to the Xfree86 setup is the frequency settings for the monitor, and the video card combo. This; however, is selected from menus in the Caldera Xsetup program, unlike many other distributions. Also this the XInside Accelerated Server, a commercial product. It works. Of course you get a WEB server, and Netscape with the simpliest setup program possible. Fill in the blanks right and Caldera works. Guaranteed. Caldera has WABI now, and you can run real Windows 3.x apps. Sold seperately. The network desktop is ready to go, not like you'll find with some Linux'es which give you a terminal window. Visit our WEBsite at http://www.amer-grp.com/wabi.html for more info. Call or E-mail us if you want to get going for sure. UNIX-like OS'es need to be easier for sure, especially the setup.