Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 09:50:13 -0400 (EDT) From: "Charles Ulrich" <charles@idealso.com> To: seb11@ciaoweb.it Cc: Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Call for FreeBSD status reports Message-ID: <32827.24.11.146.21.1089121813.squirrel@freedombi.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0407061331580.2624@seblin1.local> References: <20040705213127.P95606@pooker.samsco.org> <Pine.LNX.4.58.0407061331580.2624@seblin1.local>
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seb11@ciaoweb.it said: > At the moment I have two cd sets: FreeBSD 4.9 and 5.0. I found 5.0 quite > confortable but the main problem is my internet connection: just a 56k > modem and not a quicker system like ADSL or similar. > The problem that arises is due to the live download and build of ports > (about 7000 ports, as far as I know!). > > I ask, please, hoping for the best: > > 1. could be 5.0 a good base to start to join a quite STABLE > configuration? No, if you want to use FreeBSD for anything important, then you want a release from the STABLE branch. 5.0 is a very old CURRENT release (unstable). 4.9, on the other hand isn't all that old and is a very reliable. Use that. You can upgrade to 4.10 if you want the latest STABLE version. > 2. where I can get (order and buy) tarball ports on cd's and, in such > case, what should be the right order to get the appropriate versions, > according to the level of patching and evolution of the FreeBSD > version (non matter which, 5.0 or different ...) I'll be using? I don't know offhand where (or even if) you can get a tarball of a recent ports tree, but you basically have two options: 1) Download a copy of the latest ports tarball from a FreeBSD FTP mirror. (It's called ports.tar.gz, pretty easy to find). Today it's 24.7MB, which is not all that difficult to download with a modem as long as you have a bit of patience. 2) Use the ports tree from 4.9 and cvsup to a newer tree. This isn't as bad as it sounds, I used to update ports on my modem all the time before I had broadband. If you update at least once every two or three months this isn't a problem. You should probably do this since it will almost certainly be a lot quicker than downloading a brand-new ports tarball. Finally, I'd like to very gently point out that the freebsd-questions list is usually a better place for general questions like these. Good luck, Charles Ulrich
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