Date: Sun, 17 May 1998 10:51:57 +0400 From: Alex Povolotsky <tarkhil@asteroid.svib.ru> To: FSWWJW@worldnet.att.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Requesting information on UNIX and 4.4FreeBSD Message-ID: <199805170651.KAA26441@minas-tirith.pol.ru> In-Reply-To: Your message "Sun, 17 May 1998 01:17:33 CDT." <355E80FD.14C347BF@worldnet.att.net>
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<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
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