From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 8 16:22:23 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 7CBAD16A4DF for ; Fri, 8 Sep 2006 16:22:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@msu.edu) Received: from sys19.mail.msu.edu (sys19.mail.msu.edu [35.9.75.119]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 117A343D46 for ; Fri, 8 Sep 2006 16:22:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@msu.edu) Received: from jerrymc by sys19.mail.msu.edu with local (Exim 4.52 #1) id 1GLj7O-0004cj-Kv; Fri, 08 Sep 2006 12:22:14 -0400 References: <20060906200225.GA35990@thought.org> <44FF3404.2040405@infracaninophile.co.uk> <20060907000141.GA36761@thought.org> <45001A3B.70800@voidcaptain.com> <04f301c6d2de$537ab080$0225a8c0@Wednesday> <4500C5B3.2020801@voidcaptain.com> In-Reply-To: <4500C5B3.2020801@voidcaptain.com> From: "Jerold McAllister" To: Pete Slagle Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 12:22:14 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: X-Virus: None found by Clam AV Cc: jdow , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.1 recommended instead of 5.x for new installations [was: Efficacy vs. "friendliness"] 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 Sep 2006 16:22:23 -0000 Pete Slagle writes: > jdow wrote: > >> I noticed that FreeBSD 5.x was somewhat quicker than that to get up, >> running, and up to date. > > I can't think of a good reason to use FreeBSD 5.x for a new > installation; 6.1 contains so many reliability and performance > improvements that it is the clear choice over 5.5. > > (Upgrades are of course a more complicated question.) > The reason I have is that none of the AFS clients will run on 6.1, but they are supposed to run under 5.x. I am about to embark on a test of it under 5.5 this afternoon. I know OpenAFS fails under 6.1. Although it seems to build OK - and even starts up, as soon as I try to go to a directory, it crashes the whole system with a partial error message from lock manager. Something similar is true of the ARLA AFS client port. So, there can be a reason, though it is not overall system quality. ////jerry ps. If anyone knows enough about the new locks (or locks in general), it would be nice to have someone make the changes for the FreeBSD 6.xx versions of OpenAFS and Arla. It is really beyond my knowledge. > _______________________________________________ > 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" >