Date: Wed, 1 Mar 1995 02:52:35 -0800 From: "D. Gerasimatos" <dim@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Questions (mostly upgrading from 1.1.5.1) Message-ID: <199503011052.CAA10073@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
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First two questions are simple:
1) Where can I find mosaic binaries for 1.1.5.1 or even 2.0-2.1?
I haven't seen any in ages (but I have one for 1.1.5.1, acquired
long ago).
2) How about netscape? Their generic386bsd binary does not
want to run on my system.
The next pertains to upgrading from 1.1.5.1 to 2.0:
I have been happily running FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 for about 6 months now.
I have a fairly mature system, and I am loathe to change, but the
lack of shared memory and FIFO support is killing me [I understand
shared memory is possible, but I never figured it out; the FIFO
stuff was incomplete however, even if I compiled my kernel with the
FIFO option]. So, I'm thinking about upgrading. My questions are:
1) Should I go to 2.0-R or wait for 2.1 to stabilize or what?
2) Does 2.0-R have built in support for the NCR SCSI controller? I
added this in myself last time, including several options.
3) Will I still be able to run my 1.1.5.1 binaries? I have a LOT
of them.
4) Is there a FAQ or something that addresses upgrading and how to
do it? I'm not even sure which distributions I'll need. I'm not
even sure if I can upgrade directly or not...
5) Assuming I can upgrade, how much of my old filesystem do I need
to save, and need it all be renamed, in order for 1.1.5.1
binaries to coexist with the newer (entirely new) version of the
OS? Will 1.1.5.1 libs and binaries need to be kept separately
from the new stuff?
Sorry I have so many questons, but I am paranoid about trashing my
filesystem or introducing too many bugs with a new kernel. I have
been very pleased with the OS, and it is too useful for me to
trash (not to mention the work I put into getting things "together").
I haven't seen any real documentation except for installing from
scratch, and I _really_ hope that's not my only option. Thanks for
any and all help! Keep up the good work!
Dimitrios Gerasimatos
2) Does 2.0_R
2) Does 2.0_R
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