Re: Linux and FreeBSD dual universe

2000-05-30 Thread Duane H. Hesser
Sequent Dynix did have conditional symbolic links (as I indicated in my original message). However, I did not encounter Dynix until around 1989 or 90, but was familiar with conditional symbolic links from two Pyramid 90x's I installed in the summer of 94. I cannot comment on the namei hack menti

Re: Linux and FreeBSD dual universe

2000-05-30 Thread Bill Pechter
> > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bill Pechter write > > s: > > >> Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 09:42:51 -0700 (PDT) > > >> From: "Duane H. Hesser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> Subject: Re: FreeBSD kernel as a replacement for Linux kernel > > >> > > >> Anyone remember the old Pyramid OSX 'universe' com

Re: Linux and FreeBSD dual universe

2000-05-30 Thread Brian Somers
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bill Pechter write > s: > >> Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 09:42:51 -0700 (PDT) > >> From: "Duane H. Hesser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Subject: Re: FreeBSD kernel as a replacement for Linux kernel > >> > >> Anyone remember the old Pyramid OSX 'universe' command? > >> >

Re: Linux and FreeBSD dual universe

2000-05-28 Thread Wes Peters
Bill Pechter wrote: > > > Duane H. Hesser asked: > > > > How about a 'FreeBSD' universe and a 'Linux' universe? > > OK -- now will someone do the hard part -- conditional symlinks. No, the hard part will be dumbing down the scheduler to suck as much as the brainless Linux one when you switch

Re: Linux and FreeBSD dual universe

2000-05-28 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bill Pechter write s: >> Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 09:42:51 -0700 (PDT) >> From: "Duane H. Hesser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: FreeBSD kernel as a replacement for Linux kernel >> >> Anyone remember the old Pyramid OSX 'universe' command? >> >> command like "a

Linux and FreeBSD dual universe

2000-05-28 Thread Bill Pechter
> Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 09:42:51 -0700 (PDT) > From: "Duane H. Hesser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: FreeBSD kernel as a replacement for Linux kernel > > Anyone remember the old Pyramid OSX 'universe' command? > > In the mid-80s, when the "System V" versus "BSD" dichotomy was in > full blo