Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 11:53:56 +0800 (HKT) From: John Beukema <john@gate.gateway.net.hk> To: dennis <dennis@etinc.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD or BSDI Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.91.960307114914.18203A-100000@gate.gateway.net.hk> In-Reply-To: <199603061712.MAA01549@etinc.com>
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On Wed, 6 Mar 1996, dennis wrote: > >6. $995 is without source code. It is very handy to have source code > >when a problem arises and you cannot understand what is happening. > >7. BSDI comes with more systems configured but all of the ISP packages > >are available as packages (self installing) or ports (nearly so). > > 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. > No, you can change IRQ, ports and DMA addresses at boot time in BSDI in much the same way you can with FreeBSD . Also even without source code you can recompile the kernel to fit the devices you have. jbeukema > Dennis > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Emerging Technologies, Inc. http://www.etinc.com > > Synchronous Communications Cards and Routers For > Discriminating Tastes. 56k to T1 and beyond. Frame > Relay, PPP, HDLC, and X.25 for BSD/OS, FreeBSD > and LINUX > >
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