On Sat, May 20, 2006 at 04:43:32PM -0700, Mr O wrote: > Howdy y'all!! > > Okay, on a more serious note... just what the subject says! I'm > playing with a project called FreeNAS and it has two releases. > The old based on FreeBSD, the new (beta) based on NetBSD. What > I'm trying to do is add additional software and rebuild the > images. I've noticed NetBSD has binary packages but haven't > found out if FreeBSD does or not.
according to the 4th paragraph of http://www.freebsd.org/ports/ For most ports, a precompiled package also exists ... > Also, for the BSD folks, is there an advantage with one BSD vs. > another? they all have slightly differnet goals. generally: FreeBSD aims toward performance and ease of use, NetBSD aims toward portability and standards compliance, OpenBSD aims towards code correctness and security, and DragonFlyBSD aims toward scalability. note: they are all distinct operating systems, each with their own distinct kernel. moving between BSDs will show more differences than moving between different Linux distros. for example, FreeBSD kernel modules are loaded with `kldload', while NetBSD uses `modload'. > The system will be a vanilla dual P3 w/ 3Ware RAID. > FreeNAS goes on a CF card to boot from. should be supported by any BSD. -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
