Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 13:45:49 +0200 From: "Vahric MUHTARYAN" <vahric@doruk.net.tr> To: "'David Meier'" <meier@logmail.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: How "safe" is 5.2 to use? Message-ID: <auto-000071751279@doruk.net.tr> In-Reply-To: <64287.195.141.214.38.1073992712.squirrel@hiwatt.lognet.ch>
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Hi , You have to use FreeBSD 4.9, because you can see in freebsd web page prodcution version is 4.9. and please test it maybe you will see you can not install 5.2 on your hardware because when I try to install 5.1 on my intel platform I faced a problem then now I'm using 4.9 . Everybody will say that wait until more tested version and now its 4.9 I didn't make a any update but suggested update mechanism is update in seris for example 4.8 to 4.9 , but maybe problem can occur when you jump 4 to 5 . I asked this question before and this is my knowledge what the list say . Vahric -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of David Meier Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 1:19 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: How "safe" is 5.2 to use? Hello list, I am relatively new to the world of FreeBSD. But first, congrats to the new release! I am somewhat insecure on how trustfully I can use the new release for my intended use (and I hope my questions haven't been posted a zillion times before). Therefore I hope the FreeBSD nuts can advise me whether to go for 4.9 or 5.2. The setup: hardware: DELL PowerEdge 1750 (Dual XEON, 2GB RAM, RAID 1). web server: Apache 2.0, MySQL 4.0, PHP 4.3.4, Perl 5.8 mail server: Postfix, Cyrus IMAPd, Cyrus SASL, Amavis-new, SpamAssassin, ClamAV The servers will be used for virtual hosting as a small ISP evironment and housed about 30min from where I work (in case I have to reset them...). I don't know how and if the instability risks may affect such a setup of services on the hardware described. Unfortunately, the advisories are kept in pretty general language, however, I know it is hard to predict how it will be running on a particular system. I just don't know FreeBSD well enough to have a 'feel' about it (although I don't rely too much on 'feelings' in the world of computers). Is upgrading to 5.2 comparable to, say, I upgrade from RedHat 9 to RedHat's newest release? What I like about the 5.x releases is the possibility of taking file system snapshots, for example to back up the mailboxes. Thanks for all input. Dave. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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