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| name = 386 BSD
 
| name = 386 BSD
 
| creator = CSRG, University of California, Berkeley
 
| creator = CSRG, University of California, Berkeley
| current version = 0.1 (1992)
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| current version = 1.0 (1993)
 
| year introduced = 1991
 
| year introduced = 1991
 
| type = Multitasking, multiuser
 
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386 BSD was the first time that the [[Net/2]] project was put into a functional release onto commodity hardware, and into the public under the BSD license. As the project eventually stalled, it became the starting point for both [[NetBSD]] & [[FreeBSD]], via the patchkits.  While 386 BSD may be of historical significance, it's not up to the challenge of day to day usage, as it is a [[4.3 BSD]] based OS.
 
  
== Announcement ==
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386 BSD was the first time that the [[Net/2]] project was put into a functional release onto commodity hardware, and into the public under the BSD license. As the project eventually stalled, it became the starting point for both [[NetBSD]] & [[FreeBSD]], via the patchkits.  While 386 BSD may be of historical significance, it's not up to the challenge of day to day usage, as it hasn't received any updates or patches in over 15 years.
  
This is the 0.1 announcement:
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== Releases ==
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There seems to have been four releases of 386 BSD, starting with it being freely available on the internet, then only available to those who purchased CD-ROMs.
  
[[386BSD 0.1 announcement]].
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=== 0.0 ===
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This is the first version of 386 BSD that was released.  This version doesn't share it's disk with MS-DOS or any other OS's, and uses a VAX style disktab/disklabel, making it difficult to install.
  
The 0.1 release was the most popular, as 0.0 proved to be very difficult to install, I'd think because it was more "VAX" like in how it treated the disks, and most people are not familiar with disklabels.
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*[[386BSD 0.0]]
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=== 0.1 ===
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The 0.1 release was the most popular, as 0.0 proved to be very difficult to install, I'd think because it was more "VAX" like in how it treated the disks, and most people are not familiar with disklabels. There were 2 revisions to 0.1, with the patchkits, that eventually gave birth to both [[NetBSD]] and [[FreeBSD]]. Once patchkit 023 is installed, 386BSD will then run under [[Qemu]] 0.11.x
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*[[386 BSD 0.1]]
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*[[386 BSD 0.1 pl23]]
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*[[386 BSD 0.1 pl24]]
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*X11  I've found a massive lead [http://cd.textfiles.com/ldr199410/DISC2/X11/XFREE861/ here].  Thanks to shovelware CD makers!
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=== 0.2 ===
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An update for ISO-9660 and Rock Ridge extensions. See DrDobbs July 1993.
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=== 1.0 ===
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This was the CD-ROM / DrDobbs release
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=== 2.0 ===
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In an email with Lynne Jolitz, she has confirmed that there was a 2.0 release. In 2016 it was re-released on [https://github.com/386bsd/386bsd github]
  
 
== Where can I get a copy ==
 
== Where can I get a copy ==
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* [ftp://minnie.tuhs.org/BSD/ tuhs.org] 0.0, 0.1 and the two patchkits.
 
* [ftp://minnie.tuhs.org/BSD/ tuhs.org] 0.0, 0.1 and the two patchkits.
 
* [ftp://ftp1.am.freebsd.org/pub/ancientBSD/386BSD/cd1.iso freebsd.org] ISO with 0.0, 0.1, the patchkits in various states, a large number of other contributions to 0.0 and 0.1 and a USENET archive of comp.unix.bsd.
 
* [ftp://ftp1.am.freebsd.org/pub/ancientBSD/386BSD/cd1.iso freebsd.org] ISO with 0.0, 0.1, the patchkits in various states, a large number of other contributions to 0.0 and 0.1 and a USENET archive of comp.unix.bsd.
 
 
Now that it's in the [[TUHS]] space, I suspect it'll be mirrored throughout [http://www.tuhs.org/ tuhs].
 
  
 
== How do I get this to run?! ==
 
== How do I get this to run?! ==
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Right now the only version fully running in emulation is 0.1
 
The quickest way is to use [https://sourceforge.net/projects/bsd42/files/4BSD%20under%20Windows/v0.4/386BSD-0.1.exe/download 386BSD-0.1exe] which is a ready to run package for Windows users that includes a preconfigured Qemu & disk image.
 
The quickest way is to use [https://sourceforge.net/projects/bsd42/files/4BSD%20under%20Windows/v0.4/386BSD-0.1.exe/download 386BSD-0.1exe] which is a ready to run package for Windows users that includes a preconfigured Qemu & disk image.
  
For those who want to install it themselves, there is an evolving guide to be found here: [[Installing 386BSD on BOCHS]].
 
 
386 BSD is difficult to install on real hardware, and emulated hardware is difficult as well.  As of now the only known emulator that can install 386 BSD is [[Bochs]] 2.4.  I'm currently having some issues with it's disktab structure as it keeps placing the swap partition starting at 0 and overwriting itself.  The error message I keep on getting is:
 
 
<pre>
 
/386bsd: wd0a: overlaps open partition (b)
 
</pre>
 
 
I've found out that upon getting that error, just keep on rebooting and eventually it'll magically go away.  It seems to be tied to the VM crashing.
 
 
Once patchkit 023 is installed, 386BSD will then run under Qemu 0.11.x
 
 
== What Runs? ==
 
 
I haven't spent much time now that I've been able to apply the two patchkits in the ftp archive...  I'm keeping some binary tars [http://vpsland.superglobalmegacorp.com/install/386BSD/ here] of what I've manage to build:
 
  
*[[gzip]] 1.2.4
 
*[[unzip]] 5.52
 
*[[f2c]]
 
*[[dungeon]] 2.5.6
 
*[[irc]] II-4.4
 
*[[lynx]] 2.8.2
 
*[[httpd]] [http://vpsland.superglobalmegacorp.com/install/386bsd/httpd-1.3-386bsd.tar.gz 1.3]
 
*[[screen]] [http://vpsland.superglobalmegacorp.com/install/386bsd/screen-3.7.1-386bsd.tar.gz 3.7.1]
 
*[[gcc]] [http://vpsland.superglobalmegacorp.com/install/386bsd/gcc-2.5.8-386bsd.tar.gz 2.5.8]
 
*[[bash]] [http://vpsland.superglobalmegacorp.com/install/386BSD/bash-1.14.7-386bsd.tar.gz 1.14.7]
 
  
 
{{Nav Unix}}
 
{{Nav Unix}}

Revision as of 07:54, 10 October 2016

386BSD logo


386 BSD
386bsd.png
Logging into a 386 BSD system
Type: Multitasking, multiuser
Creator: CSRG, University of California, Berkeley
Architecture: i386 theoretically portable
This Version: 1.0 (1993)
Date Released: 1991



386 BSD was the first time that the Net/2 project was put into a functional release onto commodity hardware, and into the public under the BSD license. As the project eventually stalled, it became the starting point for both NetBSD & FreeBSD, via the patchkits. While 386 BSD may be of historical significance, it's not up to the challenge of day to day usage, as it hasn't received any updates or patches in over 15 years.

Releases

There seems to have been four releases of 386 BSD, starting with it being freely available on the internet, then only available to those who purchased CD-ROMs.

0.0

This is the first version of 386 BSD that was released. This version doesn't share it's disk with MS-DOS or any other OS's, and uses a VAX style disktab/disklabel, making it difficult to install.

0.1

The 0.1 release was the most popular, as 0.0 proved to be very difficult to install, I'd think because it was more "VAX" like in how it treated the disks, and most people are not familiar with disklabels. There were 2 revisions to 0.1, with the patchkits, that eventually gave birth to both NetBSD and FreeBSD. Once patchkit 023 is installed, 386BSD will then run under Qemu 0.11.x

  • X11 I've found a massive lead here. Thanks to shovelware CD makers!

0.2

An update for ISO-9660 and Rock Ridge extensions. See DrDobbs July 1993.

1.0

This was the CD-ROM / DrDobbs release

2.0

In an email with Lynne Jolitz, she has confirmed that there was a 2.0 release. In 2016 it was re-released on github

Where can I get a copy

At the moment the only known places to get copies are:

  • oldlinux.org 0.0, 0.1 and the two patchkits.
  • tuhs.org 0.0, 0.1 and the two patchkits.
  • freebsd.org ISO with 0.0, 0.1, the patchkits in various states, a large number of other contributions to 0.0 and 0.1 and a USENET archive of comp.unix.bsd.

How do I get this to run?!

Right now the only version fully running in emulation is 0.1 The quickest way is to use 386BSD-0.1exe which is a ready to run package for Windows users that includes a preconfigured Qemu & disk image.