From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 20 03:57:09 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B39716A417 for ; Tue, 20 Nov 2007 03:57:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from josh.carroll@gmail.com) Received: from ro-out-1112.google.com (ro-out-1112.google.com [72.14.202.179]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29DA613C447 for ; Tue, 20 Nov 2007 03:57:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from josh.carroll@gmail.com) Received: by ro-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id k5so2017999rog for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:56:29 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=kTwuvFhLRFZOjWml72EUrPBAdwlXQfBvtTR+T9qfws8=; b=cSLNBySmc/SKMKiaKArI86KPpBRUzxd0Uxx/dPjHE2g2LNo4DqQhPwyv0XB+QB5f+7gRANMyu23dObrpLyhbZMbZjufoB407GLzzDSOq9IUrxYYwLFA9USboO/VmUVVthHqcNALNmgntfjn2DSnzzbapzLsu9Y35woa9O6LmWgY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=uhL1ojC5Dr0xbOJa7xFzeS7KT3DL6s/FBWaR+oylf617IJA8oby05OEflo7OykOQMtDkab/SuxJukoif33+n/wcu28bLNRtCA71ghhZQm9RA966EkaJ5gOwSEwUeh5hdQqrInll9+Cle4xJFqUjW9yLCR+yvQq8vt5diCkW3tRM= Received: by 10.35.117.5 with SMTP id u5mr7034402pym.1195530987294; Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:56:27 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.35.57.12 with HTTP; Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:56:27 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <8cb6106e0711191956p48d727bcm36ab954655a40cf6@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 22:56:27 -0500 From: "Josh Carroll" To: patrick In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: Cc: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List Subject: Re: FreeBSD Production Release ISO images X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: josh.carroll@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 03:57:09 -0000 > I'm wondering if the FreeBSD 6.2 Production Release ISO images get > updated periodically when there are important patches, or is it better > to download the latest snapshot to save the trouble of updating > everything after installing? No, the ISOs remain the same as when the release happens. You can use freebsd-update or csup /usr/src after installation to get updated. The snapshots are of 6-STABLE, so you wouldn't want to use that if you want -RELEASE. Josh