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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:4943 comp.os.386bsd.misc:928 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!netcomsv!netcom.com!alm From: alm@netcom.com (Andrew Moore) Subject: Re: from 386bsd0.1 to FreeBSD or NetBSD 0.9 Message-ID: <almCD3CqK.HI5@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) References: <CD190K.FwG@latcs1.lat.oz.au> Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1993 14:39:56 GMT Lines: 49 In article <CD190K.FwG@latcs1.lat.oz.au> wongm@latcs5.lat.oz.au (M.C. Wong) writes: >Hi, > I am currently using 386bsd 0.1 + pk 0.2.4! My question is how easy >it is to upgrade from : > > i) 386bsd to FreeBSD > ii) 386bsd to NetBSD There is an upgrade script from any 386BSD version to FreeBSD. > My question is do I have to reinstall everything to go from existing system >to either one of them ? Also , Since FreeBSD incorporate all of the patchkits, >does it mean, it will cut down the overall installed size ? (since we no longer >need to keep a separate dir for the patchkit)! I don't have exact figures at the moment. The overall installed size is quite large still, of course. > I read some discussion about FreeBSD and NetBSD are quite similar, and >before I go ahead ftp megabytes of stuff, I will like people that has >done the above transition to give me some experience. Whether you install FreeBSD or NetBSD, please wait for the new install disks and/or the upgrade script. Both are being readied for release. > Basically, I will like to get all of the features I am having in the old >system, ie sio supports, XFree 1-3, syscons-0.2, slip support etc etc ...! I believe these are supported in both NetBSD and FreeBSD. sio you may have to add yourself to NetBSD. > Apart from ease of transition to a newer platform, I wonder if anyone can >summarize some improvements over 386bsd, eg performance wise, less bugs etc ? Chris has done a good job of maintaining a change log for NetBSD. Nothing comparable for FreeBSD, unfortunately. The emphasis in both systems has been usability. > Last question is, if 386bsd 0.2 is ever going to come out, is there an >easy upgrade from 386bsd 0.1 to it? How about from FreeBSD to 386bsd 0.2 ? > > I am waiting for a big change over but hope to stick with 386bsd 0.2 (when >it comes out). And is has been months that I wait for the announcement for >its birth. I wonder if anyone knows of any development of it, and when it >will be released by estimation ? The inside information is that it was to be released last February :) Bill reminds us that BSD stands for "Berkeley Software's Delayed" -AM