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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!howland.erols.net!portc02.blue.aol.com!newsfeed.pitt.edu!bb3.andrew.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!sumner+ From: G Sumner Hayes <sumner+@CMU.EDU> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: [comp.unix.bsd] NetBSD, FreeBSD, and 386BSD (0.1) FAQ (Part 3 of 10) Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 11:19:40 -0500 Organization: Sophomore, Mathematics, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 34 Message-ID: <0mZ84Q200YUg0_ir40@andrew.cmu.edu> References: <386bsd-faq-1-847868403@cynjut.neonramp.com> <386bsd-faq-3-847868403@cynjut.neonramp.com> <3293AD53.277@amer-grp.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: po7.andrew.cmu.edu In-Reply-To: <3293AD53.277@amer-grp.com> Reginald Burgess <regb@amer-grp.com> writes: > 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. This is completely inappropriate commercial spam for a NetBSD group. I was mildly annoyed when you posted this over on the Linux groups; it's certainly off-topic there. It's even more off-topic on comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc; NetBSD users don't care what Linux distributions you sell since they don't run Linux. You're *plonk*d. Sumner