From owner-freebsd-announce Tue May 30 01:44:29 1995 Return-Path: announce-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id BAA08349 for announce-outgoing; Tue, 30 May 1995 01:44:29 -0700 Received: (from jkh@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id BAA08337 ; Tue, 30 May 1995 01:44:26 -0700 Date: Tue, 30 May 1995 01:44:26 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Message-Id: <199505300844.BAA08337@freefall.cdrom.com> To: announce@FreeBSD.org Subject: Announcing FreeBSD 2.0.5 ALPHA! Cc: pds@FreeBSD.org Sender: announce-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk It gives me great pleasure to announce the release of FreeBSD 2.0.5-ALPHA! 2.0.5A represents a significant improvement over FreeBSD 2.0R and is our release-candidate for 2.0.5R later on this week. We're doing a short ALPHA release in order to shake out any glaring bugs before rolling 2.0.5R and moving on to 2.1R, which is the bigger goal. If you're looking for 2.1R, then THIS ISN'T IT. It's an interim release aimed at people who want something newer and better than 2.0R to run and don't feel like waiting for late July, which is when 2.1R is scheduled to go into BETA test. That said, I think most people will enjoy 2.0.5 quite a bit, and while it's not up to the "full release quality" we hope to have for 2.1R, it's certainly more stable and generally nicer to use than 2.0R! 2.0.5A is currently available on the following sites: Primary: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.0.5-ALPHA Secondary: ftp://freefall.cdrom.com/pub/FreeBSD/2.0.5-ALPHA And should be up on the following MIRROR sites shortly: Australia ftp://ftp.physics.usyd.edu.au/FreeBSD Finland ftp://nic.funet.fi/pub/unix/FreeBSD France ftp://ftp.ibp.fr/pub/FreeBSD Germany ftp://ftp.fb9dv.uni-duisburg.de/pub/unix/FreeBSD Germany ftp://gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/FreeBSD Germany ftp://ftp.uni-paderborn.de/freebsd Israel ftp://orgchem.weizmann.ac.il/pub/FreeBSD Hong Kong ftp://ftp.hk.super.net/pub/FreeBSD Korea ftp://ftp.cau.ac.kr/pub/FreeBSD Netherlands ftp://ftp.nl.net/pub/os/FreeBSD Russia ftp://ftp.kiae.su/FreeBSD Sweden ftp://ftp.luth.se/pub/FreeBSD Taiwan ftp://netbsd.csie.nctu.edu.tw/pub/FreeBSD Thailand ftp://ftp.nectec.or.th/pub/FreeBSD USA ftp://gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/BSD/FreeBSD USA ftp://ftp.cybernetics.net/pub/FreeBSD USA ftp://ftp.neosoft.com/systems/FreeBSD USA ftp://kryten.atinc.com/pub/FreeBSD USA ftp://ftp.dataplex.net/pub/FreeBSD Japan ftp://ftp.tokyonet.ad.jp/pub/FreeBSD Japan ftp://ftp.tut.ac.jp/FreeBSD Ashida Hiroyuki Japan ftp://ftp.sra.co.jp/pub/os/FreeBSD Japan ftp://ftp.ee.uec.ac.jp/pub/os/mirror/ftp.freebsd.org Japan ftp://ftp.mei.co.jp/free/PC-UNIX/FreeBSD TANIGUCHI Syuuhei Japan ftp://ftp.waseda.ac.jp/pub/FreeBSD Japan ftp://ftp.pu-toyama.ac.jp/pub/FreeBSD Yoshihiko USUI Japan ftp://ftpsv1.u-aizu.ac.jp/pub/os/FreeBSD UK ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/unix/FreeBSD UK ftp://unix.hensa.ac.uk/pub/walnut.creek/FreeBSD UK ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/BSD/FreeBSD --- NOTE: If you're installing directly from ftp you can simply grab the boot.flp image from the floppies directory, write it to a floppy and go from there. There is _no need_ to grab any of the other files; the installation will perform this step automatically! Please also read the various README and RELNOTES files in the release for more information on 2.0.5 - no sense in repeating it all here if most of you are simply going to download and read it anyway! :-) I'd like to also extend special thanks to Poul-Henning Kamp & Gary Palmer for exerting an especially large amount of effort this time in helping me get the new installation together. Thanks also to Rod Grimes for playing "source tree pit bull" when I needed him to, thus keeping the number of headaches I had to suffer in pulling in various last-minute changes to an absolute minimum. Thanks, guys! This couldn't have been done without you! Jordan for the FreeBSD Project. From owner-freebsd-announce Tue May 30 16:24:29 1995 Return-Path: announce-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id QAA07676 for announce-outgoing; Tue, 30 May 1995 16:24:29 -0700 Received: from relay.hp.com (relay.hp.com [15.255.152.2]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id QAA07641 ; Tue, 30 May 1995 16:24:24 -0700 Received: from hpautobo.aus.hp.com by relay.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.15/15.5+ECS 3.3) id AA214216253; Tue, 30 May 1995 16:24:17 -0700 Message-Id: <199505302324.AA214216253@relay.hp.com> Received: by hpautobo.aus.hp.com (1.37.109.16/16.2) id AA053946242; Wed, 31 May 1995 09:24:02 +1000 From: M C Wong Subject: Re: Announcing FreeBSD 2.0.5 ALPHA! To: jkh@freefall.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Date: Wed, 31 May 95 9:24:02 EST Cc: announce@FreeBSD.org, pds@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199505300844.BAA08337@freefall.cdrom.com>; from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at May 30, 95 1:44 am Mailer: Elm [revision: 70.85] Sender: announce-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > It gives me great pleasure to announce the release of FreeBSD 2.0.5-ALPHA! > Will there be upgrade kits for : 1) 2.0.5A --> 2.0.5R, if ever needed 2) 2.0.5R --> 2.1R ? -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ M.C Wong Email: mcw@hpato.aus.hp.com Australian Telecom Operation Voice: +61 3 272 8058 Hewlett-Packard Australia Ltd Fax: +61 3 898 9257 31 Joseph St, Blackburn 3130, Australia OS: FreeBSD-1.1.5.1 http://hpautow.aus.hp.com:9999/~mcw/mcw.html (or http://hpautorf/~mcw) From owner-freebsd-announce Wed May 31 17:41:07 1995 Return-Path: announce-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id RAA18143 for announce-outgoing; Wed, 31 May 1995 17:41:07 -0700 Received: from crh.cl.msu.edu (crh.cl.msu.edu [35.8.1.24]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id RAA18135 for ; Wed, 31 May 1995 17:41:06 -0700 Message-Id: <199506010041.RAA18135@freefall.cdrom.com> Received: by crh.cl.msu.edu (1.38.193.4/16.2) id AA27573; Wed, 31 May 1995 20:41:04 -0400 From: Charles Henrich Subject: Woah, sorry ignore the test message To: freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.org Date: Wed, 31 May 1995 20:41:04 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 227 Sender: announce-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk My fingers did the walking, while my brain was someplace else. Sorry about that message. -Crh Charles Henrich Michigan State University henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu http://rs560.msu.edu/~henrich/ From owner-freebsd-announce Wed May 31 17:39:26 1995 Return-Path: announce-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id RAA18017 for announce-outgoing; Wed, 31 May 1995 17:39:26 -0700 Received: from crh.cl.msu.edu (crh.cl.msu.edu [35.8.1.24]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id RAA18009 for ; Wed, 31 May 1995 17:39:24 -0700 Message-Id: <199506010039.RAA18009@freefall.cdrom.com> Received: by crh.cl.msu.edu (1.38.193.4/16.2) id AA27459; Wed, 31 May 1995 20:39:22 -0400 From: Charles Henrich Subject: test To: freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.org Date: Wed, 31 May 1995 20:39:22 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 135 Sender: announce-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk test Charles Henrich Michigan State University henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu http://rs560.msu.edu/~henrich/ From owner-freebsd-announce Thu Jun 1 01:55:44 1995 Return-Path: announce-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id BAA05713 for announce-outgoing; Thu, 1 Jun 1995 01:55:44 -0700 Received: (from jkh@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id BAA05705 ; Thu, 1 Jun 1995 01:55:43 -0700 Date: Thu, 1 Jun 1995 01:55:43 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Message-Id: <199506010855.BAA05705@freefall.cdrom.com> To: announce Subject: New installation floppys for 2.0.5A Cc: hackers Sender: announce-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Thanks to everyone for their feedback! I've made a number of improvements (and expect to make many more) to the installation process and uploaded the new floppies to: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.0.5-ALPHA/UPDATES/ This will also be on the mirror sites shortly. Please try these out and let me know what you think! Your feedback is even more important as we draw closer to the 2.0.5R release date! Thanks. Jordan P.S. If you follow up to this, PLEASE remove announce from the Cc: line! Thank you! From owner-freebsd-announce Thu Jun 1 17:23:11 1995 Return-Path: announce-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id RAA15916 for announce-outgoing; Thu, 1 Jun 1995 17:23:11 -0700 Received: (from jkh@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id RAA15909 for announce; Thu, 1 Jun 1995 17:23:11 -0700 Date: Thu, 1 Jun 1995 17:23:11 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Message-Id: <199506020023.RAA15909@freefall.cdrom.com> To: announce Subject: It's new floppy time, folks! Sender: announce-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Yes, I've fixed another mess-o-bugs! Thanks again to all for your feedback. Response has been simply tremendous, and I get the distinct impression that I'm going to be able to get out of the bug fixing business soon and get back to completing the docs if we keep going at this rate. In the last 24 hours, we've probably gotten further ahead than a large OS company (and I'm not naming any names :-) would have with 10 engineers in an entire week! Please keep that feedback coming! We've just another day or so to go before 2.0.5R. This should close the following list of reported problems: o DOS install didn't work. o root floppy didn't get mounted correctly. o error checking for root floppy extraction wasn't very robust o numerous bugs in ftp installation o Swedish docs weren't printed correctly. o Norwegian README had improper spacing o No Spanish docs available. o FTP media doesn't allow you to log in as other than anonymous. o "Cancel" vs ESC handling very confusing. o German README file missing umlaut chars. o swap partitions not added to /etc/fstab. o Not assigning mountpoint to DOS partition causes loop. o Some XFree86 distributions were misnamed. o Distribution loop bailed out at wrong times. o Reboot leaves user at blue screen. o ix0 (Intel etherexpress) probed too soon, confusing other devs. I've also added a number of "seat belts" to the installation, making it much more difficult to hurt yourself. Please let me know how it goes! Thanks! Jordan From owner-freebsd-announce Thu Jun 1 18:13:29 1995 Return-Path: announce-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id SAA18928 for announce-outgoing; Thu, 1 Jun 1995 18:13:29 -0700 Received: from localhost.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id SAA18901 ; Thu, 1 Jun 1995 18:13:17 -0700 X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.cdrom.com: Host localhost.cdrom.com didn't use HELO protocol To: Temptation cc: hackers@freefall.cdrom.com, announce@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: New installation floppys for 2.0.5A In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 01 Jun 95 20:51:00 EDT." Date: Thu, 01 Jun 1995 18:13:17 -0700 Message-ID: <18899.802055597@freefall.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: announce-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Debug: Setting variable _runningOnRoot to yes > Debug: Starting an emergency holographic shell over on the 4th screen > Debug: Generating /etc/fstab file > Debug: mkdir(/proc) > Debug: mkdir(/proc..) > Cursor sits right here. No drive lights or active. I'm really sorry, folks! I seem to have really mucked it up someplace. I've put a warning in the UPDATES area to this effect and am working on fixing this one right now. I'm sure it's something really obvious, once I see it, but something in the new non-anon login code I added is hanging up the works. I've added a bunch of debugging code (which is generally useful in its own right and will probably stay) to aid in tracking this down and am working on this one right now. Sorry for the premature release of these broken floppy images! I fixed DOS and broke FTP.. :-( Jordan From owner-freebsd-announce Thu Jun 1 19:05:06 1995 Return-Path: announce-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id TAA22863 for announce-outgoing; Thu, 1 Jun 1995 19:05:06 -0700 Received: from temptation.interlog.com (temp@temptation.interlog.com [198.53.146.54]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id TAA22822 ; Thu, 1 Jun 1995 19:04:35 -0700 Received: (from temp@localhost) by temptation.interlog.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) id WAA12958; Thu, 1 Jun 1995 22:03:51 -0400 Date: Thu, 1 Jun 1995 22:03:51 -0400 From: Temptation Subject: Re: New installation floppys for 2.0.5A To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: hackers@freefall.cdrom.com, announce@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <18899.802055597@freefall.cdrom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: announce-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk No problem Jordan, I think you guys are doing a Great job. I've bought 3(maybe 4 ) freebsd cd's over the last year or so, Walnut Creek, and ftped tree src many times and NONE of them have ever worked on any of machines. I've never gotten this far with Freebsd, tiny little bugs here and there can be worked out, I was finnally got to login for once, had errors but that will be fixed. > I'm really sorry, folks! I seem to have really mucked it up > someplace. I've put a warning in the UPDATES area to this effect and > am working on fixing this one right now. I'm sure it's something > really obvious, once I see it, but something in the new non-anon login > code I added is hanging up the works. I've added a bunch of debugging > code (which is generally useful in its own right and will probably > stay) to aid in tracking this down and am working on this one right > now. > > Sorry for the premature release of these broken floppy images! > I fixed DOS and broke FTP.. :-( > > Jordan > From owner-freebsd-announce Thu Jun 1 20:30:03 1995 Return-Path: announce-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id UAA28774 for announce-outgoing; Thu, 1 Jun 1995 20:30:03 -0700 Received: (from jkh@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id UAA28764 ; Thu, 1 Jun 1995 20:30:01 -0700 Date: Thu, 1 Jun 1995 20:30:01 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Message-Id: <199506020330.UAA28764@freefall.cdrom.com> To: announce, hackers Subject: Ok, this time for real! Sender: announce-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I've prepared new floppies that seem to fix the outstanding ftp problems, work with DOS and NFS and generally solve all the world's problems (well, ok, perhaps not ALL of them, we still have Rush Limbaugh). Give them a try and let me know how they work! I've still got docs to write and better error handling to add so this isn't the _final_ revision by a long shot, but it should at least allow people to install all or most of the system over everything but floppies (which may also work but are not yet tested) without too much trouble. Thanks yet again for everyone's patience and feedback during this ALPHA cycle! I've been looking at this code for far too long and it helps me greatly to have all these "extra eyes" running it at this stage! Jordan