[broken record] Still no topic for next GLLUG meeting...

[Edward Glowacki]

On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Adam wrote:
> Just wanted to note 4.0 would be fine for demo install purposes but for
> keeper installs, 4.1 is almost out the door and will fix a few local and
> one remote DoS.  4.1 will also support Intel's Wired for Management 2.0
> (PXE) network booting(I can scrounge up a howto someone made if anyone is 
> interested(ben?)), openssh 2.1.0 in the base OS, including ssh1 & 2
> support, USB device support from the installation floppies and a generic
> kernel, the bootstrap updated to banish the 1024 cylindar booting limit,
> tcsh replaced csh, more replaced by less,  and color support added to the
> ls command by popular demand =P
> 
> Also something nifty they are working on is ext2fs support in the
> bootloader and boot chain.  I personally expect 5.0 (and maybe
> 4.something) to offer installation to existing free space on an ext2fs
> partition.  The whole thing would be booted by booting a special
> bootloader file instead of the linux kernel via LILO and running off the
> os files that FreeBSD installed while giving access and emulation to all
> the linux files and binaries.  

I haven't been keeping track of FreeBSD development, still running 3.4-RELEASE here at work.  It sounds like cool stuff coming though! =)  Are you going to be at the next meeting Adam?  And would you be interested in doing the FreeBSD install?  =)  For whatever reason, I'm not really excited about doing a FreeBSD install this weekend. =(  

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