Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 11:17:05 -0500 From: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) To: John Beukema <john@gate.gateway.net.hk> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD or BSDI Message-ID: <199603071617.LAA03918@etinc.com>
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> > > >On Wed, 6 Mar 1996, dennis wrote: > > >> >6. $995 is without source code. It is very handy to have source code >> >when a problem arises and you cannot understand what is happening. >> >7. BSDI comes with more systems configured but all of the ISP packages >> >are available as packages (self installing) or ports (nearly so). >> >> You missed one of the most important ones. With FreeBSD, you can >> tune your generic kernel to match your devices...with BSD/OS you have >> to match your devices to their generic kernel to boot initially. >> > >No, you can change IRQ, ports and DMA addresses at boot time in BSDI in >much the same way you can with FreeBSD . Also even without source code >you can recompile the kernel to fit the devices you have. >jbeukema True, but its a pain and it doesn't save them so you have to do it every time until you get a kernel built. And you cant look at a list of devices easily to check for conflicts before you boot. db ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emerging Technologies, Inc. http://www.etinc.com Synchronous Communications Cards and Routers For Discriminating Tastes. 56k to T1 and beyond. Frame Relay, PPP, HDLC, and X.25 for BSD/OS, FreeBSD and LINUX
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