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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!emory!metro.atlanta.com!nntp.mindspring.com!nntp.mindspring.com!rsanders From: rsanders@mindspring.com (Robert Sanders) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: DooM for NetBSD, will it become a reality Date: 30 Sep 1994 04:25:19 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises, Inc. Lines: 24 Message-ID: <RSANDERS.94Sep30002519@hrothgar.mindspring.com> References: <36c2o6$jea@agate.berkeley.edu> <1994Sep29.000430.9809@umr.edu> <36f810$3gj@orion.cc.andrews.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: hrothgar.mindspring.com In-reply-to: gillham@andrews.edu's message of 29 Sep 1994 20:28:16 GMT On 29 Sep 1994 20:28:16 GMT, gillham@andrews.edu (Andrew Gillham) said: >> ok i guess i am willing to give a honest look at bsd if it can >> meet these specs. >> 1. ext2fs support. > Hmm, seems this is a "Invented in Linux land" filesystem, why expect > *anything* to support this?? (except Linux) The Hurd will support this (already does, in fact). If you require your OSs to mean on common ground, why does it matter what the origin is? FFS is "Invented in BSD land" filesystem, by the way, and it seems quite a few things support it. >> 3. how good is bsd iBCS2 emulation. It must be able to run WP5.1 and Corel Draw. > Sounds to me like you should be using DOS/Windows if that's all you want > to run. Please. I've seen you write rational articles. He wants to run WP5.1 *and* Corel Draw, i.e. at the same time. We both know Windows won't do this worth a damn. -- Robert