From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 25 20:09:42 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 149C716A4E9 for ; Wed, 25 Aug 2004 20:09:42 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sccimhc91.asp.att.net (sccimhc91.asp.att.net [63.240.76.165]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B255C43D39 for ; Wed, 25 Aug 2004 20:09:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from FreeBSD@insightbb.com) Received: from [192.168.1.239] (12-202-28-183.client.insightbb.com[12.202.28.183]) by sccimhc91.asp.att.net (sccimhc91) with ESMTP id <20040825200941i9100bus4ve>; Wed, 25 Aug 2004 20:09:41 +0000 From: Steven Friedrich To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 16:09:40 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200408251609.40419.FreeBSD@InsightBB.com> Subject: Re: 4.8 > 4.10 successful. Now > 5.x? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 20:09:42 -0000 On Wednesday 25 August 2004 02:52 pm, Curtis Vaughan wrote: > Ok, it looks as though cvsup from 4.8 to 4.10 has been successful. > > Now, first off I want to say that I want this server to be a second > Postfix / Courier IMAP server (our other is on a RedHat server, but > that's irrelevant). > > I feel that I should go ahead and first upgrade to 5.x and then install > Postfix and everything else I will need (e.g., PAM/LDAP authentication, > user folders, Samba, etc.). Otherwise, I'm afraid I stop at 4.10 and > install all the applications I need, then when I really want to upgrade > to 5.x I may find myself in trouble. But I am interested in what the > rest of you think. > > Curtis > > _______________________________________________ > 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" If you're new to FreeBSD, please don't cvsup your way from 4.x to 5.x. Even experienced people get burned. 4.x is really a great unix. Very stable and plenty capable. If the software you're hoping to run REQUIRES features in 5.x, I recommend installing it directly. Meantime, I'd use mobile racks and install 4.x on one so I could learn more about maintaining FreeBSD, installing ports/packages, etc. I have two identical boxes at home with RAID pairs. So on one pair I have WinBlows xp (which can only run in one of the two boxes because if WinBlows detects hardware changes, they'll disable the OS and you'll have to call them to get back in). Other pairs include: lightning - FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE daemon - FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE gandalf - FreeBSD 5.2.1-CURRENT freakinBSD - FreeBSD 5.2.1-CURRENT So these pairs can be slid into EITHER box and run just fine (talk about recovering from a hardware failure quickly!) 5.x is bleeding edge and too many inexperienced people are running it. I track it merely for the learning experience. I started as a data systems tech in the Navy in 1976. I've been a field service engineer, level-3 tech support, tech writer, programmer, sys admin, and janitor 8oP, and I am challenged trying to track -CURRENT. People who want production machines shoudn't be tracking -CURRENT or -STABLE, IMHO. They should jump from release to release, i.e., run 4.9 until 4.10 has been out for a couple months, etc. Let OTHER people be beta sites. YMMV.