From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 3 5:57:30 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sage-one.net (adsl-65-71-135-137.dsl.crchtx.swbell.net [65.71.135.137]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B79337B400 for ; Fri, 3 May 2002 05:57:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from SAGEONE (sageone [192.168.0.5]) by sage-one.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g43CvHA82228; Fri, 3 May 2002 07:57:17 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from jack@sage-one.net) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.20020503075715.017c6848@mail.sage-one.net> X-Sender: jack@mail.sage-one.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Fri, 03 May 2002 07:57:15 -0500 To: Bill Moran , Charles Pelletier From: "Jack L. Stone" Subject: Re: freebsd 4.5 failures Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <3CD27B22.8050601@potentialtech.com> References: <003801c1f25f$4a45ae20$32040101@hume> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 07:57 AM 5.3.2002 -0400, Bill Moran wrote: >Charles Pelletier wrote: >> just a question for the masses.. >> why have so many failed 4.5R installations/upgrades occured? i did a clean >> install(via ftp) on a P133, ancient Aopen system, had to use a promise UDMA >> 66 addon card for my harddrive and only have 24 MB ram on my system so you'd >> think that I of all people would have had major problems. But, my system has >> been up and running for about a month solid until today (had to reboot post >> power outtage). Anyways, just wondering, >> --charlie pelletier >> --litmus(mp3.com/litmus) > >How many people send emails to the list saying "I didn't have any problems" >compared to the people who have problems asking for help? > >I doubt if the number of people having problems with 4.5 is any higher than >it was at any point in the past, it's just that this list is for helping >people, so most of the people that post are having trouble. > >-- >Bill Moran >Potential Technology >http://www.potentialtech.com > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > For my observation, the basic system change from sendmail 8.11 to the sendmail 8.12 caused the most problems, regardless of whether it was supposedly "documented" that folks should be aware to add the new users before running installworld, which stops because it doesn't see smmsp:*:25: and mailnull:*:26:. The method to work around this wasn't very clear to some.... .... our website: http://www.sage-one.net/ Best regards, Jack L. Stone Server Admin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message