Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 00:55:23 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Jonathan Michaels <jon@welearn.com.au> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bad144 missing? Message-ID: <20000422005523.A22737@orion.ac.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <20000422003638.A13562@orion.ac.hmc.edu>; from brooks@one-eyed-alien.net on Sat, Apr 22, 2000 at 12:36:38AM -0700 References: <20000421204946.A29420@isabase.philol.msu.ru> <20000421100024.A20588@orion.ac.hmc.edu> <20000422141316.A792@phoenix.welearn.com.au> <20000422003638.A13562@orion.ac.hmc.edu>
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On Sat, Apr 22, 2000 at 12:36:38AM -0700, Brooks Davis wrote: > On Sat, Apr 22, 2000 at 02:13:17PM +1000, Jonathan Michaels wrote: > > and what of all the people who still use this kind of hardware ? > > > > what are they supposed to do ? > > As I mentioned above, run 3.4 or even 2.2.8 depending on your needs. For those who need an OS that runs on what ever they can get their hands on, I strongly recommend looking at NetBSD. FreeBSD has traditionaly been a server and, to a lesser extent, workstation OS. NetBSD's claim to fame is that it runs on everything. It will probably support ESDI, MFM, and RLL disks long after they are practicaly unavilable at third or forth hand at flea markets and swap meets because that's the way they are. Quoting the quote at the top of NetBSD's web site: ``Of course it runs NetBSD.'' That's not FreeBSD's nitch. Please don't think I'm trying to drive you away. I'm just attempting to point out that this is one of those cases where FreeBSD may not be the answer, but BSD is still the answer. ;-) -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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