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Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Date: Thursday, 9 Mar 1995 13:26:09 PST
From: <SHIH@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>
Message-ID: <95068.132609SHIH@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: is FreeBSD 2.0 source code complete?
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Hi there,

Is the source code for FreeBSD 2.0 complete, in the sense of
no any kernel file removed?

I just purchased a opy of 4.4BSD-Lite, CD-ROM Companion, with
a CD disk which contains the source code for 4.4BSD-Lite.
In its Overview, it says that it does not include the sources
for the complete 4.4BSD system.

I very confused by that statement. We know 4.4BSD is a complete
unix operating system. But I thought 4.4BSD-Lite was a complete
system too. (Am I wrong?)

My understanding is that FreeBSD 2.0 is based on 4.4BSD-Lite.
Does the 2.0 source code distriution contain all the files?
Does it still have some kernel files removed?

Thanks in davance if anyone could clearifyr that.

Ching Shih
shih@cithe312.cithep.caltech.edu