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- From: colin@marsh.cs.curtin.edu.au (Colin Manning)
- Subject: Re: What is 386BSD ?
- Message-ID: <colin.715483593@marsh>
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- Organization: Curtin University of Technology
- References: <Btyy9p.DD1@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 01:26:33 GMT
- Lines: 52
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- jas37876@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (John A. Slagel) writes:
-
-
- > I know very little about 386BSD. I saw some articles in Dr Dobbs about
- > porting Unix to 386, and I guess we can get it free, even the source
- > code. That's all I know about it.
-
- > 1. Is it really free ?
- Well... the Jolitz's have put a lot of work into it, and have asked
- for a donation if you can afford it.
- > 2. Where can I get it ? (I can FTP)
- agate.berkeley.edu 128.32.136.1
- gatekeeper.dec.com 16.1.0.2
- MATH.ORST.EDU 128.193.16.60
- UTKUX1.UTK.EDU 128.169.200.67
- terminator.cc.umich.edu 141.211.164.8
-
- These addresses are from the FAQ
-
- Just to name a few
- > 3. How much disk space for:
- > *kernel
- > *X
- > *source to kernel
- > *source to X
- Binary only: 49 M (30 disk, 5 swap, 14 extraction)
- Source: 125 M (49 bin, 37 disk, +6 extraction, 25 recompile)
- User software: +51 M
-
- X Binaries require about 61 Meg (?)
- I don't know about the sources.
-
- > 4. I have 386-33, 130meg HD, 4meg RAM, ET4000 card, microsoft mouse.
- > (no 387) will this config work?
- Sounds like it should
- > 5. How good does it work?
- Great.
- > 6. Is there free developement kit, C, C++, libraries,etc..?
-
- GNU C & C++ & libs, etc
-
- > Thanks for all information.
- >--
- >------------------------------------------------------------------------
- > John A. Slagel "My old man used to tell me, before he left this
- > j-slagel1@uiuc.edu shitty world, never chase buses or women- you
- > always get left behind." -The Marlboro Man
- --
- Colin [colin@cs.curtin.edu.au]
-
- "Knowledge is not knowing all the answers, but knowing where to find them."
- -anon.
-