From owner-freebsd-questions  Tue Oct 14 22:40:51 1997
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions>
Received: (from root@localhost)
          by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id WAA18901
          for questions-outgoing; Tue, 14 Oct 1997 22:40:51 -0700 (PDT)
          (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions)
Received: from freebie.lemis.com (gregl1.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.133])
          by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA18891
          for <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>; Tue, 14 Oct 1997 22:40:46 -0700 (PDT)
          (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com)
Received: (from grog@localhost)
	by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) id PAA07676;
	Wed, 15 Oct 1997 15:10:36 +0930 (CST)
Message-ID: <19971015151035.57370@lemis.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 15:10:35 +0930
From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com>
Cc: Wei Weng <wweng@stevens-tech.edu>, Gordon Wang <guelph@tpts5.seed.net.tw>,
        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Netscape
References: <19971012175106.09742@lemis.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.971015003240.27275H-100000@shell.futuresouth.com>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971015003240.27275H-100000@shell.futuresouth.com>; from Matthew D. Fuller on Wed, Oct 15, 1997 at 12:33:50AM -0500
Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia
Phone: +61-8-8388-8250
Fax: +61-8-8388-8250
Mobile: +61-41-739-7062
WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog
Fight-Spam-Now: http://www.cauce.org
Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
X-Loop: FreeBSD.org
Precedence: bulk

On Wed, Oct 15, 1997 at 12:33:50AM -0500, Matthew D. Fuller wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Oct 1997, Greg Lehey wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Oct 12, 1997 at 03:34:49AM -0400, Wei Weng wrote:
>>> On Sun, 12 Oct 1997, Gordon Wang wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear Sir
>>>> I am a FreeBSD 2.2.1 user.
>>>> Where can I find the netscape for FreeBSD?
>>> yes. :)
>>> YOu can use netscape 4.03 for linux on your freebsd.
>>> But you have to enable linux support in /etc/rc.conf
>>
>> There's no need to use the Linux version of FreeBSD, though it works.
>> Use the BSDI versions or (4.08) the FreeBSD version.  Take a look in
>> the Ports Collection.
>
> Or, if you want to miss out on the wonderful compile,
> eat-up-all-my-disk-space-and-processor-time routine, go to:
> ftp.netscape.com/pub/communicator/4.03/4.03b8/english/unix/freebsd/base_install
> and get communicator-v403b8-export.x86-unknown-freebsd.tar.gz

Sorry, you don't get that with the port.  Netscape isn't available in
source.  The port just gives you a correct, unproblematic
installation.  Of course, if you don't want that...

Greg