/joh'liks/ n.,adj. 386BSD
Started open source UNIX.
Appeared in part as a 17 article magazine series in 1991-1992.
Documented the "how, what, why, who, when" of porting BSD to the 386.
Done while BSD was becoming "open source".
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filesystem metaphor: Porting Unix to the 386: The Initial Root FilesystemWe build the first instance of the root filesystem - before any operational system is present on the 386 to build one. Part of the bootstrapping cycle of getting up the first running system on a new architecture. The Filesystem Metaphor and its Importance in Future WorkFilesystem as metaphor allows us to restructure the way we organize system operation - perhaps other arrangements of the filesystem can achieve more enhanced operation, possibly rethinking how to bring up the system in the future. |