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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news-in2.uu.net!news.interactive.net!onyx.interactive.net!not-for-mail From: Chris Mauritz <ritz@interactive.net> Subject: Re: FBSD Future... X-Nntp-Posting-User: ritz Sender: news@interactive.net (System Administrator) Organization: IBS Interactive, Inc. Lines: 42 Message-ID: <Dz67yE.8I7@interactive.net> References: <Dz37x9.7vC@news2.new-york.net> X-Trace: 845137093/9924 X-Nntp-Posting-Host: onyx.interactive.net Date: Sat, 12 Oct 1996 16:18:14 GMT Louis Epstein <le@put.com> wrote: :)Well,I see that the expected release of 2.2 has been pushed back from :)late summer '96 to first quarter '97,quite a jump,and I wonder what :)more there is to it past Walnut Creek's desire to keep the CDROMs :)semi-annual. *shrug* :)I gather that 2.1.6 will be released on the net only,not on CDROM,so :)how would one handle an upgrade from 2.1?(No point in going to Do an FTP install. If you've got a reasonably fat pipe to the net, it's rather painless. I did a full install of 2.2-current over our T3 the other day and it only took about 15-20 mins. :-) :)2.1.5 first if 2.1.6 is coming).How long would I have to take my :)ISP down to go to 2.1.6,and get it in shape to honor the 9-12 character :)IDs enabled by a kernel recompile for my 2.1??And what would I actually :)gain by so doing? If you take your entire site down to do that upgrade you're not doing it right. A 486-120 is cheap. Get a spare one and install the new OS on the spare machine. Then, a simple dump/restore cycle with some minor fiddling should be all you need to do. :)For a got-to-stay-up business like an ISP,it might be better to wait :)for a 2.2.x after 2.2R gets its bug reports dealt with...I guess :)the first such release is at least 9 months off. It might even be better to use BSDI. (ducking) :)(64-bit 3.x is presumably years away still). I guess you'll need to upgrade to something other than your 486-120's then. :-) Chris -- Christopher Mauritz | For info on internet access: ritz@interactive.net | finger/mail info@interactive.net OR IBS Interactive, Inc. | http://www.interactive.net/