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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!newsie.dmc.com!news.iii.net!news From: cambria@hanson.iii.net (Michael C. Cambria) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD & Stevens TCP Vol II Book Date: Sat, 01 Jul 1995 10:53:20 -0400 Organization: iii.net Lines: 29 Message-ID: <W5Mzlmg0spzL073yn@hanson.iii.net> References: <ojkxlmg0sdbT073yn@sscp.lkg.dec.com> <3sn3lp$i9j@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: hanson.iii.net In article <3sn3lp$i9j@sol.ctr.columbia.edu>, wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu (Bill Paul) wrote: > [snip] > If you really want an exact copy of what's in the book, you can > always obtain a copy of the 4.4BSD-Lite CD-ROM Companion from O'Reilly > and Associates (costs about $40 US). This is basically a small book > with a CD-ROM in the back containing the entire contents of the > 4.4BSD-Lite distribution exactly as it was released by the CSRG before > it bit the dust. I would actually suggest getting both FreeBSD 2.0.5 > and the original 4.4BSD-Lite CD so you can study the original code > *and* see it in action. (The 4.4BSD-Lite distribution is not a runnable > OS -- it's just the unencumbered source without binaries). Walnut Creek > should have 2.0.5 CDs available before too long (they might even > have 4.4BSD-Lite CDs of their own for sale for all I know). In the > meantime, you can always download 2.0.5 from ftp.cdrom.com. Thanks Bill, I already subscribe to FreeBSD from Walnut Creek. 2.05 should show up in my mailbox shortly. The info from your which unconfused me was "The 4.4BSD-Lite distribution is not a runnable OS -- it's just the unencumbered source without binaries". If I understand you now, the book "code walks" (specific) source code that doesn't actually run ( 4.4BSD-Lite), while FreeBSD is an implementation base on that source (and does run :-) Thanks, Mike