Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 10:08:08 -0500 From: Bob Johnson <bob@eng.ufl.edu> To: andreas.brodmann@gmaare.migros.net Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.2-stable Message-ID: <3A65B558.3E80AF13@eng.ufl.edu>
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> > Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 18:45:34 +0100 > From: Andreas Brodmann <andreas.brodmann@gmaare.migros.net> > Subject: 4.2-stable > > In several freebsd mailinglists I have read messages > from people who claim to work with 4.2-STABLE. I could > not find a 4.2-STABLE directory though on the > FreeBSD ftp server nor a ISO image for 4.2-STABLE. > 4.2-RELEASE was present. Read http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/cutting-edge.html. STABLE is the the most recent RELEASE with updates and patches since the release (actually, RELEASE is just a copy of what STABLE was on a particular day, but the end result is the same). Only RELEASEs are turned into ISO images. > My question: Is there really a 4.2-STABLE and if so > may we expect a ISO image on the ftp server in the near > future? To get STABLE, you either have install a RELEASE and then update the source code and rebuild your system (again, see the handbook), or install the latest binary snapshot, which is usually updated daily. I've only installed a snapshot once, and I don't remember how I did it, but I think you can do an FTP install and point it at the snapshot directory, or perhaps installing a RELEASE and then using sysinstall to do an update would do it. Installing or updating from binary snapshots is nice on slow systems, because it can literally take two days to build a new system from source code on a 486 (old 486s make fine file servers or modem/NAT boxes, by the way). It's too bad they aren't documented better. > > Thanks for your help in advance. > > Andreas Brodmann > Gen. Migros Aare > Telecommunications Dept. > - Bob To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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