From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Nov 14 07:44:33 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id HAA07563 for chat-outgoing; Fri, 14 Nov 1997 07:44:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat) Received: from smtp03.primenet.com (smtp03.primenet.com [206.165.5.84]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id HAA07538 for ; Fri, 14 Nov 1997 07:44:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bkogawa@primenet.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp03.primenet.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id IAA02071; Fri, 14 Nov 1997 08:44:24 -0700 (MST) Received: from mailhost01.primenet.com(206.165.5.52), claiming to be "primenet.com" via SMTP by smtp03.primenet.com, id smtpd002021; Fri Nov 14 08:44:14 1997 Received: from foo.primenet.com (ip213.sjc.primenet.com [206.165.96.213]) by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA02287; Fri, 14 Nov 1997 08:43:58 -0700 (MST) Received: (from bkogawa@localhost) by foo.primenet.com (8.8.6/8.8.6) id HAA29091; Fri, 14 Nov 1997 07:52:36 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 07:52:36 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199711141552.HAA29091@foo.primenet.com> To: owensc@enc.edu Subject: Re: is NCI's "NC Server Suite" FreeBSD-based? References: From: "Bryan K. Ogawa" Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.org X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #1 (NOV) Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk [Redirected to -chat] In localhost.freebsd.questions you write: >Anyone know the answer? >At the bottom of the URL: > http://www.nc.com/techpubs/ncss200.html >... I was very surprised to find this: >// begin snippet (note item 4) >How to make an update floppy disk [...] > 4.Format a floppy disk for FreeBSD. [...] >FYI, NCI is the Oracle spinoff that develops an NC (network computer) and >related support products. Well, one of Free/Net/OpenBSD, at least, and not BSDi, and with the reference to FreeBSD, it'd have to be the leading candidate. Running file on the executable they want you to update reveals: {foo} ~/nc 7:42 ttyp7 > file dhcpd dhcpd: BSD/i386 compact demand paged dynamically linked executable not stripped Not surprising, I guess, but no one has mentioned it before. -- bryan k ogawa http://www.primenet.com/~bkogawa/