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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.caldera.com!enews.sgi.com!su-news-feed4.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!coop.net!csnews!boulder!rintintin.Colorado.EDU!fcrary From: fcrary@rintintin.Colorado.EDU (Frank Crary) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Has 2.2.1 been a bit rushed out the door? Date: 30 Apr 1997 01:31:50 GMT Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder Lines: 17 Message-ID: <5k67e6$rk8@lace.colorado.edu> References: <tporczyk.862358549@shell3.ba.best.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: rintintin.colorado.edu NNTP-Posting-User: fcrary Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39970 In article <tporczyk.862358549@shell3.ba.best.com>, Tony Porczyk <tporczyk@shell3.ba.best.com> wrote: >Am I totally off my rocker here, or is this release seriously *&%@ed >compared to some previous ones? In some situations, that's quite possible. As I understand it, the split between the stable and current FreeBSD's happened around v. 2.2 Under that split, one distribution (2.1.7, if memory serves) is stable and reliable, while another (including 2.2.1, I think) has more new and improved features, at the price of less stability and careful debugging. It sounds like you've hit a bug in the current distribution. If you need to get it up an running in a hurry and want a very stable operating system, I'd suggest installing v. 2.1.7 and living without the improvements in 2.2.1. Frank Crary CU Boulder