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Date:      Fri, 1 Feb 2008 17:30:27 -0800 (PST)
From:      KAYVEN  RIESE <kayve@sfsu.edu>
To:        Allen <doomnix@comcast.net>
Cc:        freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: why is it called /boot/beastie.4th ?
Message-ID:  <Pine.SOC.4.64.0802011729430.8976@libra.sfsu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <1201904427.7535.2.camel@Caffiend.org>
References:  <200802012123.m11LNV3s061230@lurza.secnetix.de> <1201904427.7535.2.camel@Caffiend.org>

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On Fri, 1 Feb 2008, Allen wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-02-01 at 22:23 +0100, Oliver Fromme wrote:
>> KAYVEN  RIESE <kayve@sfsu.edu> wrote:

> I thought it was neat, my first FreeBSD release was 4.0 from the
> Powerpak :)
>
> I love how FreeBSD does things like this for historical reasons, I love
> reading about the History, which is why I bought that DVD "20 years of
> Berkeley UNIX" with Marshall. Great DVD and very good if you're a UNIX
> history buff.

sounds like a neat vid.  where'd you get it?

>
>
>>
>> Later the default changed to display "FreeBSD" in big
>> letters instead of the BSD daemon.  But Beastie is
>> still there and can be enabled with an option.  You
>> can look at the beastie.4th file with a text editor.
>>
>> Best regards
>>    Oliver
>
> Wo ist dass? I didn't know it was still there!
>
>
> sehr danke!
>
> -Allen
>
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