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From: mnewell@lupine.nsi.nasa.gov (Mike Newell)
Subject: Re: 386BSD vs. BSD386
Message-ID: <1993Jun30.214329.9688@news.arc.nasa.gov>
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Organization: NASA Advanced Network Applications
References: <20qpjf$p6l@pdq.coe.montana.edu> <hastyC9F2vF.2Kw@netcom.com> <bigbobC9FK42.CpK@netcom.com> <hastyC9FwCw.Esw@netcom.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1993 21:43:29 GMT
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|> Very please to hear that it works properly for you. I know at least
|> 16 machines at work which the X server upon startup can crash the
|> system with BSD386 1.0 .
|> 
|> 
|> At one point the system was crashing consistently to the point in which
|> I just replaced it with NetBSD. It is all working well now at least
|> on my PC at work and on my PCs at home.
|> 
|> 
|> Amancio

Just out of curiosity, did you report the problem to BSDI
for a fix?  I'm curious as to their responsivness to user problems.

Mike Newell
NASA Advanced Network Applications