Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 09:58:04 +0100 From: Erik Norgaard <norgaard@locolomo.org> To: rakhesh@rakhesh.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.1-BETA 4 stable for normal use? Message-ID: <4421119C.1050002@locolomo.org> In-Reply-To: <20060322050432.7801.qmail@web54512.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20060322050432.7801.qmail@web54512.mail.yahoo.com>
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Rakhesh Sasidharan wrote: > I'd like to try out FreeBSD and was wondering whether > I should start with 6.1-BETA4 or 6.0? Its just for > home use anyways, more as a way to fool around with > FreeBSD a bit, so was wondering if 6.1-BETA4 would > suffice for the purpose ... is it stable enough or > would it give me issues? I am using 6.1-PRERELEASE which has actually been upgraded from 6.1-BETA3. The system as such is stable, but there are some nuisances. These are not fatal in any way but may cause confusion. So in particular if you're new to FreeBSD, better stay with 6.0. > Also, suppose I were to go with 6.0, is there some way > I can update to the 6.1 release when its released, > *without* downloading the CDs etc? Maybe give some > command which would download the required parts over > the Internet? It is fairly easy to upgrade, see the handbook, in fact I had a system that I had continuously upgraded from a 5.2.1 installation in march 2004 to the 6.1-PRERELEASE. I only reinstalled because I needed to repartition my disk to get more space available on my /home. To practice upgrading you can try using the tag RELENG_6_0 - you will know what that means when you read the handbook. This will keep you on 6.0 but apply the patches that have been committed since the release. If you later want to upgrade to 6.1 (that branch has not yet been created) then you just change the tag to RELENG_6_1 and if you want to move with the head of the 6_STABLE branch then use tag RELENG_6. Cheers, Erik -- Ph: +34.666334818 web: www.locolomo.org S/MIME Certificate: www.daemonsecurity.com/ca/8D03551FFCE04F06.crt Subject ID: 9E:AA:18:E6:94:7A:91:44:0A:E4:DD:87:73:7F:4E:82:E7:08:9C:72 Fingerprint: 5B:D5:1E:3E:47:E7:EC:1C:4C:C8:3A:19:CC:AE:14:F5:DF:18:0F:B9
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