Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 15:31:08 +0700 From: Roger Merritt <mcrogerm@stjohn.ac.th> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 5.0-RELEASE missing info Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.0.20030522152608.00a2cb40@127.0.0.1> In-Reply-To: <44n0hg3uov.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <5.2.0.9.0.20030521174604.00a28720@127.0.0.1> <5.2.0.9.0.20030521174604.00a28720@127.0.0.1>
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At 03:34 AM 5/22/03, you wrote: >Roger Merritt <mcrogerm@stjohn.ac.th> writes: > > > Because of a power supply problem that is taking a long time to fix, I > > recently had to set up a replacement server (gateway for a > > LAN). Naturally I chose to set up FreeBSD. Since it was urgent and > > ordering a CD by mail would take at least a week, I downloaded by > > ftp. Hope I don't have to do that again soon. Anyway, I followed the > > instructions in the Handbook, which pointed me to > > ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/5.0-RELEASE/floppies/. OK, > > I noticed that "5.0-RELEASE" in there, but I've seen a number of > > comments in this list that 5.0 is going to be the next STABLE so > > figured I might as well go ahead. > >Sounds like you missed: >http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.0R/early-adopter.html > >5.x *will* be -STABLE some day, but not until at least 5.2. Ah, there it is. Yes, I missed that before. Thanks for pointing me to it. Now I wonder why the Handbook points people who are installing FreeBSD to the 5.0 floppies. Well, it's no big thing, and I could have found the 4.8 floppies if I'd been a little less lazy. -- Roger
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