Re: does bsdmall really sells freebsd cd ?
Matt Olander wrote: On Mon, Jan 16, 2006 at 12:06:02AM +0100, Gilbert Fernandes wrote: ordered monthes ago the freebsd 6 cds from bsdmall, the november 5th 2005. since this date, the freebsd 6 cds have been available, for example at the bsdcon. we are past half january and i have never seen anything coming from bsd mall. so my first question is : how serious are those bsdmall people ? they take orders, dont send anything monthes after product is available and when sending them emails, they dont answer. my second question is : has anyone ordered and received freebsd 6 cds from them ? I've had a similar experience with their magazine. We order all our FreeBSD CD's through freebsdmall.com and I've never had a problem. FreeBSD Mall is formerly the Walnut Creek CD-ROM operation. -matt For the record, a buddy of mine had simular issues. Also note that bsdmall.com and freebsdmall.com are 2 completely separate entities. Regards, Frank ___ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: i386 do not support i386
Christer Hermansson wrote: Christer Hermansson wrote: Hi. FreeBSD 6.0R don't support 386 processors according to the release notes, maybe it's time to change the name of the i386 platform to the x86 platform. Not very important issue for me but it feels little strange to have a i386 platform that don't support/work on i386 processors. http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.0R/relnotes-i386.html#KERNEL "Support for 80386 processors (the I386_CPU kernel configuration option) has been removed. Users running this class of CPU should use FreeBSD 5./X/ or earlier." Christer Hermansson It's a lot of names around us, not only in the computer world, that has become less suitable during the time because of progress and other things, but still is in use because of different factors. I missed to write in my first mail that I also have the feeling (maybe I'm wrong) that "x86" is more recognized / common in the media nowadays. However in this case maybe it's best to keep "i386" because a lot of things depends on this name and it would be a lot of work/problems to change it. This was just one thought I had but it seems to be a bad one. Best regards Christer Hermansson I totally agree with you, x86 is a much more recognized representation. I'd just hate to be the one having to do all the code modifications to "Make it Work(tm)" find /usr/src /usr/ports -type f | xargs sed -i '.bak' "s/i386/x86/g" Only in a perfect "world" right? :) Regards, Frank ___ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: i386 do not support i386
Astrodog wrote: On 11/23/05, Frank J. Laszlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Christer Hermansson wrote: Hi. FreeBSD 6.0R don't support 386 processors according to the release notes, maybe it's time to change the name of the i386 platform to the x86 platform. Do you realize how many things depend on the platform name being i386? Just thinking of ports alone, I cound probably name a "few." Not very important, but a huge hastle to switch over. -Frank Mmm. Thanksgiving Day Bikesheds, thy name is "Chris". ___ Not sure if that was directed at me, I wasnt trying to be a dick about it, and I tried not to come across like that. Everyone have a safe and happy holiday season, save some pie for me! Regards, Frank ___ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: i386 do not support i386
Christer Hermansson wrote: Hi. FreeBSD 6.0R don't support 386 processors according to the release notes, maybe it's time to change the name of the i386 platform to the x86 platform. Do you realize how many things depend on the platform name being i386? Just thinking of ports alone, I cound probably name a "few." Not very important, but a huge hastle to switch over. -Frank ___ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
