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Acbosgd.2207 net.bugs.2bsd utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!cbosg!cbosgd!mark Fri Apr 9 11:02:49 1982 Re: 2.8bsd on 11/23 with RLs It is worth noting that 2.8BSD does not try to be a complete standalone distribution that replaces V7. Rather it was intended as an overlay on top of V7. The boot stuff was put in to help boot on a bare machine, but it was always intended that you should read in your V7 tape.

The reasons for this are that (1) if a complete, self-sufficient distribution, like 4BSD, were done, it probably wouldn't fit on one tape, and (2) there isn't enough disk space at Berkeley to store such a complete distribution.

Mark

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