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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!news.cyberstore.ca!van-bc!vanbc.wimsey.com!fonorola!uniserve1!usenet From: tom@uniserve.com (Tom Samplonius) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Switching from BSDI to FreeBSD Date: 27 Aug 1995 06:14:36 GMT Organization: UNIServe Online Lines: 21 Message-ID: <41p2gc$i8i@enigma.uniserve.com> References: <412n9j$ncb@tesla.netline.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: pc.sdf.com Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.2 In article <412n9j$ncb@tesla.netline.net>, brunell@netline.net says... > >I'm soliciting comments from anyone, particularly ISP's, who have >switched from BSDI to FreeBSD (or vice-versa). Our ability to buy >cheap BSDI binaries may end soon, and it isn't cost effective to pay >$2000 for an operating system for a terminal server. My main concern >is support for the Digiboard PC/Xem and synchronous cards like the >RISCom/N2. I understand the ET/5025 is supported, but it is nice to have >more choices. I would recommend a "real" terminal server. They are pretty cheap ($100 - $140 per port), and can generally deliver better performance. >In general, how portable is binary code from BSDI to FreeBSD? Can one >generally rule out driver compatibility? Drivers are generally very incompatible. BSDI 1.1 binaries will need to be statically linked to work (as an example, Netsite works). Tom