Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 17:20:30 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: (Bruce A. Mah) <bmah@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: RE: FreeBSD 4.7-RC2/i386 now available Message-ID: <XFMail.20020927172030.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200209271629.g8RGThhk047454@nimitz.packetdesign.com>
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On 27-Sep-2002 Bruce A. Mah wrote: > FreeBSD 4.7-RC2 (the second release candidate for FreeBSD 4.7) is now > available for the i386 architecture from the usual FTP sites. Both an > FTP site and a "disc 1" ISO image are available, respectively from: > > ftp://<mirror-site>/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/4.7-RC2/ > ftp://<mirror-site>/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/4.7/ > > The biggest change from 4.7-RC1 is that the ISO image has most of the > packages one would expect to see on the install CD, and that the pkg_* > utilities once again have the same functionality as in prior FreeBSD > releases. > > We invite interested users to try out this snapshot and provide > feedback (via the qa@ list) on issues to be fixed before 4.7-RELEASE, > currently scheduled for 1 October 2002. Depending on the feedback we > get (and the magnitude of any remaining bugfixes required before > release), we may do another release candidate snapshot before the > release. > > Before reporting problems, please check the QA page for this > release-in-progress, to make sure that a problem has not already been > encountered: > > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.7R/qa.html > > FreeBSD 4.7-RC2 for the alpha architecture is being built now and > should be available shortly. > > Many thanks to Sentex Communications for making available a fast, > well-connected i386 machine for release builds. > > Bruce A. Mah > (for the Release Engineering team) FreeBSD 4.7-RC2 for the Alpha architecture should be on mirror sites very soon. Presently there is only a mini ISO and an FTP tarball available as to my knowledge we do not have any packages available for alpha 4.7-RC2. If you had problems with kernel modules on Alpha with RC1, please try RC2. I think there are still some issues with sysctl's in kernel modules on Alpha however. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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