cctalk digest, Vol 1 #482 - 53 msgs

From: Bill Pechter <bpechter_at_monmouth.com>
Date: Wed Feb 26 12:31:00 2003

cctalk-request_at_classiccmp.org wrote:

>
>Message: 1
>Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 20:46:22 -0600
>From: Jeffrey Sharp <jss_at_subatomix.com>
>To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
>Subject: OT: FreeBSD (was: "Real Computers")
>Reply-To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
>
>Well, here's my OT post for the month.
>
>On Tuesday, February 25, 2003, Philip Pemberton wrote:
>
>
>>I'll try FreeBSD when I've got a spare few hours to download the ISO
>>image.
>>
>>
>
>You might find it easier to install by FTP. It's simple: download two floppy
>disk images, dd 'em to some 3.5s, and reboot. Then install as normal, except
>choose FTP as the install media. It isn't lightning-fast, but you also only
>download the data that you need instead of an entire ISO.
>
>ObClassicCmp: FreeBSD makes a great OS for running classic computing tools
>like SIMH.
>
>
>
>>Slackware is quite stable, probably because Slackware have a "We're not
>>going to hack the Kernel, nor are we going to use any fancy packaging
>>systems or init scripts".
>>
>>
>
>I've heard many people say that Slackware is the most BSD-like of the
>Linuces. Of course, that was on Slashdot, so it must be true.
>
>

I'd recommend going with 4.7 rather than 5.0 since the 5.0 is pretty
much the developer relese for the folks working on the non-stable
version...

Anyone who gets the Simh VAX emulator to use ethernet on FreeBSD will
have my undying gratitude.

There's going to be a 4.8 soon (my box auto-builds weekly from the
4.x-STABLE tree and now is calling itself 4.8-PRERELEASE.)

Bill
Received on Wed Feb 26 2003 - 12:31:00 GMT