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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!uunet!walter!nova!ngai From: ngai@nova.bellcore.com (John Ngai 21371) Subject: Re: Jolitz Book & CD ROM Message-ID: <1992Dec11.175731.1526@walter.bellcore.com> Sender: ngai@nova (John Ngai 21371) Nntp-Posting-Host: nova.bellcore.com Organization: Bellcore References: <1g9c3lINNh1n@neuro.usc.edu> Date: Fri, 11 Dec 92 17:57:31 GMT Lines: 18 In article <1g9c3lINNh1n@neuro.usc.edu>, merlin@neuro.usc.edu (merlin) writes: |> Does anyone have news of the status of the pre-announced |> Jolitz book on 386bsd? Would it be possible to include |> a bootable CDROM version of 386bsd up to current patch |> level, source code, development tools, and X11R5. I like to second his suggestion!! Of course, it would be nice if the version included in the CDROM is more stable, perhaps V0.2?? |> CD ROM might be includable at minimal cost and enhance |> book sales at minimal production cost increase. Perhaps more importantly, it allows other curious PC users to try UNIX without having to go through the trouble of down loading the codes/binaries from the Internet (and what if they have no access to Internet??) -- John