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From: le@put.com (Louis Epstein)
Subject: Re: FBSD Future...
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Date: Sun, 13 Oct 1996 03:18:08 GMT

Chris Mauritz (ritz@interactive.net) wrote:
: 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.  :-)

So for a 384k...?
 
: :)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.

I have two of them,news and main.Would do them one at a time.
News is a backup radius server,so PPP customers could be authenticated
while main was busy upgrading,but shell customers and mail would be
out for that time.

: :)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.  :-)

Well,yes.