Re:Let's Help NetBSD Cross the Finish Line Before 2025 Ends
by jaypatelani on Sunday October 26, 2025 @11:36AM
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Wow this is cool. I always get fascinated by how people have used NetBSD.
Re:Let's Help NetBSD Cross the Finish Line Before 2025 Ends
by nolist_policy on Sunday October 26, 2025 @12:01PM
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Linux can do that with User Mode Linux.
Years ago I had to get a very old document off of a DOS diskette. So I tried:
* On Linux: accessing the diskette would cause a panic or a reboot or massive read failures.
* FreeBSD: panics all the time
* NetBSD: panics. But then I remembered it had rump. So I said, why not try that. Started up rump, got a few code dumps, but after a some tries I got a bit over 90% of the document off of the diskette. The main system had no issues with the rump kernel crashing.
So that alone is worth the "price of admission" :)