From owner-freebsd-questions Sat May 16 23:52:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA13192 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 16 May 1998 23:52:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from asteroid.svib.ru (root@asteroid.svib.ru [195.151.166.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA13148 for ; Sat, 16 May 1998 23:52:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tarkhil@asteroid.svib.ru) Received: from minas-tirith.pol.ru (shuttle.svib.ru [195.151.166.144]) by asteroid.svib.ru (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA16574; Sun, 17 May 1998 10:52:14 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from tarkhil@asteroid.svib.ru) Received: from minas-tirith.pol.ru (minas-tirith.pol.ru [127.0.0.1]) by minas-tirith.pol.ru (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA26441; Sun, 17 May 1998 10:51:58 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from tarkhil@minas-tirith.pol.ru) Message-Id: <199805170651.KAA26441@minas-tirith.pol.ru> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 To: FSWWJW@worldnet.att.net cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Requesting information on UNIX and 4.4FreeBSD In-reply-to: Your message "Sun, 17 May 1998 01:17:33 CDT." <355E80FD.14C347BF@worldnet.att.net> Reply-To: tarkhil@asteroid.svib.ru X-URL: http://freebsd.svib.ru Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 17 May 1998 10:51:57 +0400 From: Alex Povolotsky Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG <355E80FD.14C347BF@worldnet.att.net>"William J. Wood" writes: >from Walnut Creek CDROM.But, I've been there and the only thing there >that i can find is the 2.2.6FreeBSD..would that be the same Well, not 100% the same, but FreeBSD is 4.4BSD-Lite-derived. > And also what about the actual UNIX system itself..is the FreeBSD the >same system or are the two totally different??..How do you obtain the >actual UNIX operating system itself??..I have never seen it for sale >anywhere. I don't know who is currently holds the copyright on UNIX(tm). And the actual UNIX is most likely THE original AT&T thing, wroten ages ago. FreeBSD is a BSD-derived UNIX system, that's true. > But anyway my main question was about the manual for the FreeBSD 4.4 >and where to get it and if I had the full version on the cdrom that I >have in my possession?? FreeBSD 2.2.6 is a descendant of 4.4BSD. They just happens to have different versioning ;-) Alex. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message