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Re: installing NetBSD
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Greg Hudson)
Thu Feb 1 16:44:32 1996
To: Benny Suen <bhsuen@MIT.EDU>
Cc: netbsd-help@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 01 Feb 1996 15:07:56 EST."
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Date: Thu, 01 Feb 1996 16:40:32 EST
From: Greg Hudson <ghudson@MIT.EDU>
> I'm interested in installing NetBSD on my PC. ( I couldn't come to
> your class earlier due to other commitments) I'd like to know
> generally what do I have to do and how does NetBSD compare to Linux.
Print out a copy of our installation documentation by running:
attach sipb
dvips -h duplex /mit/sipb/doc/netbsd-install.dvi
A brief comparison:
* NetBSD is currently easier to install on MITnet.
* Linux is more widely used on the net, and there are more
binary packages available for it.
* Linux supports some PC hardware which NetBSD doesn't. The
only piece of hardware that works with NetBSD and not Linux
is the AT1700.
* Roughly the same software is available for both systems on
Athena.
