From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 16 10:30:05 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 152AA16A41F for ; Sun, 16 Oct 2005 10:30:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from deepak_nai@yahoo.com) Received: from web34609.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web34609.mail.mud.yahoo.com [209.191.68.143]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A5CBA43D48 for ; Sun, 16 Oct 2005 10:30:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from deepak_nai@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 22234 invoked by uid 60001); 16 Oct 2005 10:30:04 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=Qa6QtCfTrBELcqVp+hBTIKHeMDg4QLqY/wFMwvyk29iDGwl/lth8cC6W9Hnw9ilAdoxmkUhmp0Y6EzmKsu8CD2ueZkUVh5eixMMuoQj0+jujfPxyVj4smVEgzE/i4rRWWfd9o68MlDdLOFCkvbH1s2oKBVNGD9gBEHebxoZfQ8s= ; Message-ID: <20051016103004.22232.qmail@web34609.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Received: from [210.18.143.69] by web34609.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sun, 16 Oct 2005 11:30:04 BST Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 11:30:04 +0100 (BST) From: Deepak Naidu To: "Andrew P." In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Should I increase vfs.read_max X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 10:30:05 -0000 Thanx very much Andrew... Cheers, Deepak Naidu. --- "Andrew P." wrote: > On 10/15/05, Deepak Naidu > wrote: > > Thanx Andrew, > > > > Could u provide some details, where > can I > > obtain 6.0, stable or what ever the updated > release is > > there for 6.0. The exact ISO download location. > > > > Bcos, I am always confused which one of 6.0 is > perfect > > or good. If at all I am upgrading, how should I > do. > > > > Thanx again for the feedback. > > > > Can I use Raisefs/XFS in Read and Write mode in > 6.0 > > > > I know I am asking for more. > > > > I see that you live in India. Unfortunately, there > are no > good mirrors there that I know about. You can try to > download 6.0-RC1 image from our central ftp server: > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ISO-IMAGES-i386/6.0/6.0-RC1-i386-disc1.iso > > But if the box is directly connected to the Internet > (even via slow/lossy link), you'd better cvsup to > the latest source tree and rebuild world/kernel. > The update from 5.4 to 6.0 is painless. > > 6.0 has read-only support for ReiserFS partitions, > there's an effort to provide XFS support also, but > it's far from complete yet. For most applications, > UFS2 is as good (fast, reliable, feature-rich) as > it gets. > > You can learn how to upgrade your system to > 6.0 by reading this: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge.html > > post to this list in case of trouble, but choose > a new subj line. > > > Good luck, > Andrew P. > ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com