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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU!ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au!lugb!latcs1!ipc6.lat.oz.au!wongm Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: New [Free]BSD Install Disks Available Message-ID: <CDH3Du.As0@latcs1.lat.oz.au> From: wongm@ipc6.lat.oz.au (M.C. Wong) Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1993 00:44:17 GMT Sender: news@latcs1.lat.oz.au (news) References: <almCDBqDD.48E@netcom.com> Organization: Comp Sci, La Trobe Uni, Australia Nntp-Posting-Host: ipc6.lat.oz.au Lines: 40 In article <almCDBqDD.48E@netcom.com> alm@netcom.com (Andrew Moore) writes: >[ all references to "BSD" changed to "[Free]BSD" as deemed appropriate; > these are FreeBSD install disks, and, as noted, have been tested with > nothing else as of this posting. -- cgd ] > >New [Free]BSD install disks are available now via anonymous FTP: >freebsd.cdrom.com: ~ftp/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-1.0-GAMMA/floppies.930913 > >These should solve most problems people have had in installing FreeBSD. >In addition, existing DOS partitions are recognized, and by default, >[Free]BSD is installed after them. Overall, installing [Free]BSD should >now be much easier. > >The new install disks should work for installing NetBSD as well, though >this has not been tested yet (please let us know!). > >As ever: >MAKE A BACK-UP OF YOUR HARD DISK BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL BSD!! > >Questions/comments to (I think): FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.cdrom.com > >-- >Please send submissions for comp.os.386bsd.announce to: > 386bsd-announce@agate.berkeley.edu Hi, How about an announcement of upgrade script/utility/kit [whatever you call it] from 386bsd-0.1+pk-0.2.4 to FreeBSD, it one exsits ?I am pretty sure many of us out there will like to do such an upgrade, but with uncertainty of any side effects, especially for people who have embark continuous and serious effort on the outdated OS, we will worry about inconsistencies caused by such an upgrade, and some of us do not like to start installing FreeBSD from scratch! (I am one of them who desperate for a smooth migration towards FreeBSD). Thank you very much! - wongm@latcs1.lat.oz.au (M.C Wong) -- - wongm@latcs1.lat.oz.au