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From: dima@wariat.org (Dimitry A. Sazonov)
Subject: Re: 386BSD information wanted!
Message-ID: <1993Apr8.212336.2360@wariat.org>
Organization: Akademia Pana Kleksa, Public Access Uni* Site
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References: <7611@otc.otca.oz>
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1993 21:23:36 GMT
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DataBase Associates (dba1@otc.otca.oz.au) wrote:

: Hi,

:    Would anyone please let me know if there is a new newsgroup for 386BSD on the

yes, there are: 
  -  comp.os.386bsd.announce                            Announcements relating to the 386bsd operating system. (Moderated
  -  comp.os.386bsd.apps                                Applications which run under 386bsd.                             
  -  comp.os.386bsd.development                         Working on 386bsd internals.                                     
  -  comp.os.386bsd.bugs                                Bugs and fixes for the 386bsd OS and its clients.                
  -  comp.os.386bsd.questions                           General questions about 386bsd.                                  
  -  comp.os.386bsd.misc                                General aspects of 386bsd not covered by other groups.           

: net. I don't seem to have it at my site. Also, I 'd like to know if there is an
: email address where I could ask for the mail from 386BSD group.

???

:   My other question is how I could down load a file (eg. patchkit or files in
: 0-1.ports ) into my floppy disks and onto my PC, especially if the file is HUGE.

something like:
(way that works virtually everywhere)

dd bs=1400k count=1 < file > /dev/fd  
dd bs=1400k count=1 skip=1 < file > /dev/fd  
dd bs=1400k count=1 skip=2 < file > /dev/fd  
....


:                                    			Thanks  in advance

: 							B.D   (OTC Research & Dev)
: 							--------------------------
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Best Regards
Dmitry