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From: Chris Mauritz <ritz@interactive.net>
Subject: Re: FBSD Future...
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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
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