From owner-freebsd-announce Mon Oct 16 14:31:29 1995 Return-Path: owner-announce Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id OAA22464 for announce-outgoing; Mon, 16 Oct 1995 14:31:29 -0700 Received: from MediaCity.com (root@easy1.mediacity.com [205.216.172.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id OAA22457 for ; Mon, 16 Oct 1995 14:31:23 -0700 Received: (from brian@localhost) by MediaCity.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id OAA05435 for freebsd-announce@freebsd.org; Mon, 16 Oct 1995 14:32:59 -0700 From: Brian Litzinger Message-Id: <199510162132.OAA05435@MediaCity.com> Subject: CYB driver for Cyclades cards To: freebsd-announce@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 16 Oct 1995 14:32:59 -0700 (PDT) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 ME8a] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 702 Sender: owner-announce@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Sorry about the cross posting, but I wanted this message to get into the mail archives under both mailing lists. Many people are querying me for info on my CYB driver for the Cyclades Multiport Serial cards. This driver replaces or can be used along side of the CY driver included with FreeBSD. It is a production quality driver, that has been in use for over a year by many people including several ISPs. It is also approved for use by Cyclades. For more information on CYB and the driver source please refer to: http://www.mpress.com You can also get info there on my: Talisman MPEG decoder card driver and DVI Watchdog Reset board driver Brian Litzinger brian@mediacity.com From owner-freebsd-announce Thu Oct 19 19:11:08 1995 Return-Path: owner-announce Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id TAA10423 for announce-outgoing; Thu, 19 Oct 1995 19:11:08 -0700 Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id TAA10410 ; Thu, 19 Oct 1995 19:11:02 -0700 Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1995 19:11:02 -0700 Message-Id: <199510200211.TAA10410@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-announce From: Majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Welcome to freebsd-questions Reply-To: Majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-announce@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk -- Welcome to the freebsd-questions mailing list! If you ever want to remove yourself from this mailing list, you can send mail to "Majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG" with the following command in the body of your email message: unsubscribe freebsd-questions freebsd-announce Here's the general information for the list you've subscribed to, in case you don't already have it: FREEBSD-QUESTIONS User questions This is the mailing list for questions about FreeBSD. You should not send "how to" questions to the technical lists unless you consider the question to be pretty technical. From owner-freebsd-announce Sat Oct 21 07:53:20 1995 Return-Path: owner-announce Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id HAA03062 for announce-outgoing; Sat, 21 Oct 1995 07:53:20 -0700 Received: from time.cdrom.com (time.cdrom.com [192.216.222.226]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id HAA03025 ; Sat, 21 Oct 1995 07:53:14 -0700 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id HAA17665; Sat, 21 Oct 1995 07:53:05 -0700 To: announce@freebsd.org cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: 2.1.0-951020-SNAP - 2.1 *Release Candidate* Date: Sat, 21 Oct 1995 07:53:05 -0700 Message-ID: <17663.814287185@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-announce@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Well, it's out! The 2.1 release candidate is now available for testing. Modulo whatever problems all of you find between now and the final build, this will be what you find in 2.1! The date for which we'll schedule the final build will be based significantly on initial feedback from this snapshot, so be sure and get your feedback in ASAP! Very few bug reports will mean that we'll assume 2.1 to be really solid and probably schedule the build for late sometime next week. Lots of bug reports, well, we'll have to look at the severity of said bugs.. :) Normally we'd call for an extended BETA period at this point, but as the 2.1-STABLE tree has more-or-less been in code freeze since 2.0.5 (maybe "code slush?") it was felt that it would probably bring in fairly limited returns for the amount of extra delay induced. Given the number of people who are quite impatient to see 2.1 sooner rather than later, we'll give the snapshot method a shot. There are a few small things known-missing or broken in this snapshot, and those things ARE scheduled to be added before 2.1 is built. However, it may still be instructive to list them here so that snapshot installers don't stumble over them: o The WEB configuration is unimplemented. o The package installer may or may not do the right thing with chained adds. I haven't had the chance to adequately test this, given my limited testing hardware (I'm using a laptop with an 120MB hard disk!). o Some instrumentation is probably missing from the configuration file mechanism. o The HTML documentation reader menu may need some work. o The commercial distribution is still the 2.0.5 version - this will be updated before the final 2.1 release. o The bindist now includes all documentation from /usr/share/doc. If this ends up blowing up some of the minimally configured systems, we may need to make an optional `doc' distribution sooner than planned. Though I also fixed many, many bugs in sysinstall between now and the previous snapshot, I may have introduced a few of my own and your feedback is, as always, greatly welcomed! If you find something broken or confusing, please tell me! I often get bug reports prefaced with "I hate to bother you, but.." or "I don't know if you want to hear about bug reports, but.." - Please! I *want* to hear about problems with this installation. You don't need to be shy about pointing them out, and I won't be offended if you do! :-) If you find problems outside of the installation, e.g. with kernel panics or erroneous applications behavior, you may also want to send your feedback to: stable@Freebsd.ORG Rather than just myself. This snapshot contains the same code that people on the 2.1-STABLE branch are now running, and if you find a more general non-install related problem then that's probably the best mailing list discuss it with. As always, thanks to all for testing this snapshot! This one is especially important, for the reasons already stated, so I hope that you can help us by test-installing this in as many different configurations as you can! This snapshot is available on: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.0-951020-SNAP/ We also regret that a space crunch currently precludes our putting it on freefall.freebsd.org, as we usually do. Some of you may wish to wait until it hits your local mirror (ftp.cdrom.com is always pretty heavily loaded!). Thanks! Jordan From owner-freebsd-announce Sat Oct 21 10:02:07 1995 Return-Path: owner-announce Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id KAA07319 for announce-outgoing; Sat, 21 Oct 1995 10:02:07 -0700 Received: from time.cdrom.com (time.cdrom.com [192.216.222.226]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id KAA07299 ; Sat, 21 Oct 1995 10:02:03 -0700 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id KAA26481; Sat, 21 Oct 1995 10:01:54 -0700 To: announce@freebsd.org cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: New record for installation floppy update! :-) Date: Sat, 21 Oct 1995 10:01:54 -0700 Message-ID: <26479.814294914@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-announce@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk The install floppies for 2.1.0-951020-SNAP were just updated to fix some problems I just noticed with the Options editor and to make FTP timeout handling work properly (the latter has been broken since 2.0.5, but I just noticed it now after having an install time out). If you've grabbed this snapshot but haven't yet installed it, I would advise revisiting ftp.freebsd.org for the latest boot.flp image. fixit.flp and root.flp remain unchanged. Jordan From owner-freebsd-announce Sat Oct 21 13:28:41 1995 Return-Path: owner-announce Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id NAA11275 for announce-outgoing; Sat, 21 Oct 1995 13:28:41 -0700 Received: from rocky.sri.MT.net (sri.MT.net [204.94.231.129]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id NAA11270 ; Sat, 21 Oct 1995 13:28:36 -0700 Received: (from nate@localhost) by rocky.sri.MT.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) id OAA17643; Sat, 21 Oct 1995 14:30:42 -0600 Date: Sat, 21 Oct 1995 14:30:42 -0600 From: Nate Williams Message-Id: <199510212030.OAA17643@rocky.sri.MT.net> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Cc: announce@freebsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New record for installation floppy update! :-) In-Reply-To: <26479.814294914@time.cdrom.com> References: <26479.814294914@time.cdrom.com> Sender: owner-announce@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Jordan K. Hubbard writes: > The install floppies for 2.1.0-951020-SNAP were just updated to fix > some problems I just noticed with the Options editor and to make FTP > timeout handling work properly (the latter has been broken since > 2.0.5, but I just noticed it now after having an install time out). Umm, forgive me for sounding naive, but where's the emergency holographic shell I need to startup up my SLIP connection? I can't find the shell anywhere during the install, and I *like* it. :( [ Yes, I'm taking the plunge and upgrading my long-suffering 2.0R home system to the newest SNAP] Nate From owner-freebsd-announce Sat Oct 21 14:08:48 1995 Return-Path: owner-announce Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id OAA12759 for announce-outgoing; Sat, 21 Oct 1995 14:08:48 -0700 Received: from rocky.sri.MT.net (sri.MT.net [204.94.231.129]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id OAA12738 ; Sat, 21 Oct 1995 14:08:40 -0700 Received: (from nate@localhost) by rocky.sri.MT.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) id PAA17778; Sat, 21 Oct 1995 15:10:58 -0600 Date: Sat, 21 Oct 1995 15:10:58 -0600 From: Nate Williams Message-Id: <199510212110.PAA17778@rocky.sri.MT.net> To: Nate Williams Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" , announce@freebsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New record for installation floppy update! :-) In-Reply-To: <199510212030.OAA17643@rocky.sri.MT.net> References: <26479.814294914@time.cdrom.com> <199510212030.OAA17643@rocky.sri.MT.net> Sender: owner-announce@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Nate Williams writes: > Jordan K. Hubbard writes: > > The install floppies for 2.1.0-951020-SNAP were just updated to fix > > some problems I just noticed with the Options editor and to make FTP > > timeout handling work properly (the latter has been broken since > > 2.0.5, but I just noticed it now after having an install time out). > > Umm, forgive me for sounding naive, but where's the emergency > holographic shell I need to startup up my SLIP connection? I can't find > the shell anywhere during the install, and I *like* it. :( OK, I setup my machine on the net to accept PPP connections, but unfortunately I can't get the PPP on VTY 3 to do anything. Anything I type on VTY3 just echo's back at me but doesn't do anything. Help, term, return, all do nothing. What am I doing wrong? I even read the install docs, but unfortunately they don't explain what I'm seeing right now. Nate From owner-freebsd-announce Sat Oct 21 17:11:30 1995 Return-Path: owner-announce Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id RAA17981 for announce-outgoing; Sat, 21 Oct 1995 17:11:30 -0700 Received: from Root.COM (implode.Root.COM [198.145.90.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id RAA17975 for ; Sat, 21 Oct 1995 17:11:26 -0700 Received: from corbin.Root.COM (corbin [198.145.90.50]) by Root.COM (8.6.12/8.6.5) with ESMTP id RAA01547 for ; Sat, 21 Oct 1995 17:11:25 -0700 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by corbin.Root.COM (8.6.12/8.6.5) with SMTP id RAA20833 for ; Sat, 21 Oct 1995 17:08:31 -0700 Message-Id: <199510220008.RAA20833@corbin.Root.COM> To: announce@freebsd.org Subject: 2.1.0-951020-SNAP now available on freefall.FreeBSD.org From: David Greenman Reply-To: davidg@Root.COM Date: Sat, 21 Oct 1995 17:08:31 -0700 Sender: owner-announce@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk I've made room for the 2.1.0-951020-SNAP on freefall, so you can now get it from ftp://freefall.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.0-951020-SNAP as well as from wcarchive. Note that this includes everything *except* the packages-2.1 directory...but that wasn't there for the 951005-SNAP either, so I don't think it will be missed for this one. -DG From owner-freebsd-announce Sat Oct 21 23:52:12 1995 Return-Path: owner-announce Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id XAA27076 for announce-outgoing; Sat, 21 Oct 1995 23:52:12 -0700 Received: from cps201.cps.cmich.edu (cps201.cps.cmich.edu [141.209.20.201]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id XAA27061 for ; Sat, 21 Oct 1995 23:52:09 -0700 Received: from cps201 (cps201.cps.cmich.edu [141.209.20.201]) by cps201.cps.cmich.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id CAA25992; Sun, 22 Oct 1995 02:51:58 -0400 Date: Sun, 22 Oct 1995 02:51:57 -0400 (EDT) From: Mail Archive X-Sender: archive@cps201 To: David Greenman cc: announce@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.1.0-951020-SNAP now available on freefall.FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199510220008.RAA20833@corbin.Root.COM> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-announce@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 21 Oct 1995, David Greenman wrote: > I've made room for the 2.1.0-951020-SNAP on freefall, so you can now get it > from ftp://freefall.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.0-951020-SNAP as well as from > wcarchive. Note that this includes everything *except* the packages-2.1 > directory...but that wasn't there for the 951005-SNAP either, so I don't think > it will be missed for this one. > > -DG > It might be since the new install allows for the packages to be installed from the front end. It needs to be able to find the files. If this is a problem I would suggest removing this from the options for package installation. It has already bitten me once tonight, I thought I was doing something wrong them I went to vty4 and ftp'ed there and noticed no packages tree :( I hate it when I jump in and don't look....