From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Mar 6 12:13:54 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id MAA20456 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 6 Mar 1996 12:13:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from boom.vars.com (boom.BSDI.COM [205.230.226.129]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id MAA20450 for ; Wed, 6 Mar 1996 12:13:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from boom.vars.com (localhost.vars.com [127.0.0.1]) by boom.vars.com (8.7.3/8.6.5) with ESMTP id NAA06055 for ; Wed, 6 Mar 1996 13:13:40 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <199603062013.NAA06055@boom.vars.com> To: hackers@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD comparison - it's time, I think! In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 06 Mar 1996 09:48:40 PST." <199603061748.JAA08261@freefall.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: application/pgp; format=mime; x-action=signclear; x-originator=05448C39 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 06 Mar 1996 13:13:40 -0700 From: Eric Varsanyi Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >You missed one of the most important ones. With FreeBSD, you can >tune your generic kernel to match your devices...with BSD/OS you have >to match your devices to their generic kernel to boot initially. > >Dennis >- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Emerging Technologies, Inc. http://www.etinc.com This isn't true (and hasn't been since before 2.0): you can change I/O ports, IRQ's, which drivers are enabled, DMA settings, etc... from the Boot: command line before the generic kernel is loaded. And you don't need DOS to do it. Before the flames fly: I'm also interested in FreeBSD and feel its a good system in many respects. I'm not posting this on behalf of BSDI, just as someone who uses it (obviously) all the time. - -Eric Varsanyi Speaking for himself, not BSDI -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6 iQCVAgUBMT3x8zxFdSMFRIw5AQGQOQP/aBXyJkXj5fYjZC7ihWxsmvlPct15FEto 372+hmn1V5DMg51EkYWY7qAIcVgx8Y3pD7OF1oGB54a5apHoJBIKq/g/TYhZzmji rIGtBNMpi9QSf1rbZcthT7phsBHyLyTzLJg/DzFsyw5Fk3843eFS5msIAthIFG0q I435XumaPVA= =/64x -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----