From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 8 08:07:41 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0483C1065675 for ; Fri, 8 Jun 2012 08:07:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mueller23@insightbb.com) Received: from mail.insightbb.com (smtp2.insight.synacor.com [208.47.185.24]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB3E78FC16 for ; Fri, 8 Jun 2012 08:07:40 +0000 (UTC) X_CMAE_Category: 0,0 Undefined,Undefined X-CNFS-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=/QmxpSnNscESkXFsFrv3eFgR5ZtnVpRiH6Hv1xIpoak= c=1 sm=0 a=IimOfUeSENwA:10 a=jLN7EqiLvroA:10 a=ZubcGFkXAAAA:8 a=6I5d2MoRAAAA:8 a=Wi8YH2NmAAAA:8 a=nD2y9G3bYzz1JCBC7lcA:9 a=kDU4Vuk1014A:10 a=CeCXPTdWX8cA:10 a=Q/oqmR4JO1zR3vNQamCQeQ==:117 X-CM-Score: 0 X-Scanned-by: Cloudmark Authority Engine Authentication-Results: smtp01.insight.synacor.com smtp.mail=mueller23@insightbb.com; spf=softfail; sender-id=softfail Authentication-Results: smtp01.insight.synacor.com header.from=mueller23@insightbb.com; sender-id=softfail Received-SPF: softfail (smtp01.insight.synacor.com: transitional domain insightbb.com does not designate 74.134.26.53 as permitted sender) Received: from [74.134.26.53] ([74.134.26.53:45229] helo=localhost) by mail.insightbb.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.2.40 r(29895/29896)) with ESMTP id E0/24-28342-5C2B1DF4; Fri, 08 Jun 2012 04:07:34 -0400 Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2012 04:07:33 -0400 Message-ID: From: "Thomas Mueller" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: David Christensen Subject: Re: Which FreeBSD for Intel i7-2600S and DQ67SWB3? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2012 08:07:41 -0000 Snippet from David Christensen : > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2012-March/239742.html > It looks like -STABLE are daily development/ test builds (?): > ftp://ftp.allbsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-snapshots/amd64-amd64/ > I'm looking for stability. I'll try the 9.0-RELEASE: > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/9.0/ I had a weird problem with 9.0-RELEASE: after updating a NetBSD source tree by "cvs up -dP", the system froze and I needed the Reset button. A couple days later, after better than 24 hours inactivity, I heard sounds of reboot and verified by looking. File system was not cleanly umounted and had to be fsck'ed, which was dome automatically on the reboot. Given my very new hardware, I figured to upgrade to STABLE, building from source. That worked, and the weird problem has not reappeared. I didn't even ask the list for help. I suppose I could also have tried RELENG_9_0, maybe a patch would have fixed the problem, but my very new hardware and new Xorg version in the works led me to go to STABLE. Daily development/test builds sound more like HEAD (=CURRENT) than STABLE. STABLE is more tested than HEAD. I think if I ever try FreeBSD-HEAD, I'd install to a separate partition and keep the STABLE installation intact. Tom