From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 24 23:43:15 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFA4416A41F for ; Sat, 24 Sep 2005 23:43:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from reed@pilchuck.reedmedia.net) Received: from pilchuck.reedmedia.net (pilchuck.reedmedia.net [209.166.74.74]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93BF643D48 for ; Sat, 24 Sep 2005 23:43:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from reed@pilchuck.reedmedia.net) Received: from reed by pilchuck.reedmedia.net with local (Exim 4.44) id 1EJJfn-00040z-JC for freebsd-chat@freebsd.org; Sat, 24 Sep 2005 16:43:15 -0700 Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 16:43:15 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jeremy C. Reed" To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <44psqyz4lz.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Message-ID: References: <44d5my1l9f.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <44psqyz4lz.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: "Jeremy C. Reed" Subject: Re: torrents for FreeBSD ISOs? X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 23:43:16 -0000 On Sat, 24 Sep 2005, Lowell Gilbert wrote: >> I am teaching a class and hoped to cover version 6.0 but when >> 6.0-BETA4-i386-bootonly.iso failed on my laptop due to some vr0 LOR >> error (I found was already known[1] but not in a PR and I don't know >> if it is fixed), I realized that I shouldn't use it since I can't test >> the hardware in my classroom ahead of time. > > Regardless of which release you are using, you really want to test on > the target hardware ahead of time. Not very easy. I can't expect the facility to test for me since they don't know the first thing about FreeBSD and it would be time consuming to do remotely. And I am over 1500 miles away. I feel comfortable with 5.4-RELEASE. I have taught over 14 classes covering FreeBSD 4.x through 5.x and don't have opportunity to test in most cases. A few times, I have flown in earlier day and visit classroom and in a few cases companies/students have tested on their hardware ahead of time. Jeremy C. Reed technical support & remote administration http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/