Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 02:31:52 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@sicfa.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: differences between 2-STABLE, 3-STABLE and 4-STABLE Message-ID: <20020111023152.A18542@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20020111102201.GA5668@oxygene.in.schickler.net>; from lucas@sicfa.org on Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 11:22:01AM %2B0100 References: <20020111102201.GA5668@oxygene.in.schickler.net>
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--pf9I7BMVVzbSWLtt Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 11:22:01AM +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > Hi, >=20 > I've successfully installed FreeBSD-2.1.5 on a 486 SX 25 with 4 MB RAM > and 120 MB HD laptop. > I was wondering if an upgrade to FreeBSD 3-STABLE or 4-STABLE would be > interesting. What are the benefits ? Far, far too many to list. 2.1.5 came out 5 1/2 years ago. > Will it run faster, or has FreeBSD became bigger and bigger and slower > and slower during the last 5 years ? Unfortunately for you, I expect that you'll have problems fitting more modern versions in only 4MB (it likes to have at least 8MB). > The upgrade is possible by mounting the /usr/src and /usr/obj via NFS. > I've already recompiled the kernel that way, so I know it works :) You won't be able to do a source-level upgrade from 2.1.5 to anything modern; it's not supported and won't work. You also can't install using a binary snapshot with less than 12MB. Kris --pf9I7BMVVzbSWLtt Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8Pr8XWry0BWjoQKURAq5EAJ0V05fTb+WqbTCcCjZqidarLVc4kQCg62M1 ZINd4j796P+VEXyWtIbW8OM= =qreg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --pf9I7BMVVzbSWLtt-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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