From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 2 09:43:04 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9531D1BB for ; Fri, 2 Nov 2012 09:43:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mueller23@insightbb.com) Received: from mail.insightbb.com (smtp.insight.synacor.com [208.47.185.22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54EB18FC0A for ; Fri, 2 Nov 2012 09:43:03 +0000 (UTC) X_CMAE_Category: 0,0 Undefined,Undefined X-CNFS-Analysis: v=2.0 cv=ZYCfx7pA c=1 sm=0 a=Dm9TOXL4taQ+Gy1KovpL+A==:17 a=IRk-SjDkvbIA:10 a=jLN7EqiLvroA:10 a=9YQ-1ebCAAAA:8 a=VimVDTNTFdYA:10 a=6-qdQMbhQodBWdZmb_kA:9 a=Dm9TOXL4taQ+Gy1KovpL+A==:117 X-CM-Score: 0 X-Scanned-by: Cloudmark Authority Engine Authentication-Results: smtp02.insight.synacor.com smtp.mail=mueller23@insightbb.com; spf=softfail; sender-id=softfail Authentication-Results: smtp02.insight.synacor.com header.from=mueller23@insightbb.com; sender-id=softfail Received-SPF: softfail (smtp02.insight.synacor.com: transitional domain insightbb.com does not designate 74.130.198.7 as permitted sender) Received: from [74.130.198.7] ([74.130.198.7:43059] helo=localhost) by mail.insightbb.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.3.49 r(42060/42061)) with ESMTP id 9E/C6-23131-1A593905; Fri, 02 Nov 2012 05:42:57 -0400 Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2012 05:42:57 -0400 Message-ID: <9E.C6.23131.1A593905@smtp02.insight.synacor.com> From: "Thomas Mueller" To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 9.1 stability/robustness? Cc: Brett Glass X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2012 09:43:04 -0000 On 1 November 2012, at 19:14, Brett Glass wrote: > I need to build up a few servers and routers, and am wondering how > FreeBSD 9.1 is shaping up. Will it be likely to be more stable and > robust than 9.0-RELEASE? Doug Hardie responded: > It appears to be for me. I had problems with 9.0 not reading CDs and rebooting with no error messages frequently. I have upgraded to 9.1-RC2 and it now > reads CDs just fine, and has not rebooted. However, the uptimes with 9.0 ranged from about 2 hours to 30 days. I have only had 9.1-RC2 running for a > couple weeks so have not declared victory yet. I has been running for more than most of the uptimes already. I too had problems with 9.0 spontaneously rebooting after a day or two uptime. One was a freeze after a cvs update of NetBSD pkgsrc. The second time was a spontaneous reboot during a time of idleness; I was in the same room and heard the computer sounds. No more such problem after I updated, building from source, to RELENG_9 (STABLE). I haven't updated yet to 9.1 prerelease, bogged down with ports-upgrading snags and cross-compiling NetBSD. Tom