Difference between revisions of "NetBSD 0.8"
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0.8 compiles more with pieces from [[386 BSD]] 0.1 pl22 under [[386 BSD]]. However because I had to copy numerous files from 386 BSD it's not quite a 'legit' version of NetBSD 0.8, but it is enough to provide a booting kernel. | 0.8 compiles more with pieces from [[386 BSD]] 0.1 pl22 under [[386 BSD]]. However because I had to copy numerous files from 386 BSD it's not quite a 'legit' version of NetBSD 0.8, but it is enough to provide a booting kernel. | ||
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Revision as of 02:14, 6 December 2010
NetBSD 0.8 was released on the 19th of April 1993. This was the first public version of NetBSD.
I've just been provided with the source code to NetBSD 0.8 . It can be downloaded from here.
0.8 compiles more with pieces from 386 BSD 0.1 pl22 under 386 BSD. However because I had to copy numerous files from 386 BSD it's not quite a 'legit' version of NetBSD 0.8, but it is enough to provide a booting kernel.
platforms
- i386
identification
It seems that NetBSD 0.8 largely identifies itself as 386BSD... Take a look at the /etc/motd file in CVS:
Revision 1.2, Fri Apr 2 07:58:27 1993 UTC (17 years, 8 months ago) by cgd Branch: MAIN CVS Tags: netbsd-alpha-1, netbsd-0-8 Changes since 1.1: +1 -1 lines made motd "more standard" 386BSD 0.1.0 07/12/92 22:20 Welcome to 386BSD!
platforms
- i386
