From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 18 19: 0: 0 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mailhost01.reflexnet.net (mailhost01.reflexnet.net [64.6.192.82]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9ADB037B4EC for ; Sun, 18 Feb 2001 18:59:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from rfx-216-196-73-168.users.reflexcom.com ([216.196.73.168]) by mailhost01.reflexnet.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.197.19); Sun, 18 Feb 2001 18:58:04 -0800 Received: (from cjc@localhost) by rfx-216-196-73-168.users.reflexcom.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f1J2xpJ63695; Sun, 18 Feb 2001 18:59:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cjc) Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 18:59:50 -0800 From: "Crist J. Clark" To: John Lord Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: im confused Message-ID: <20010218185950.N62368@rfx-216-196-73-168.users.reflex> Reply-To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu References: <9EB046F82A95DD4DAB74BF7FF4E48BA92814@Server.studio.4jon.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <9EB046F82A95DD4DAB74BF7FF4E48BA92814@Server.studio.4jon.com>; from lord@4jon.com on Sun, Feb 18, 2001 at 09:35:38PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Feb 18, 2001 at 09:35:38PM -0500, John Lord wrote: > Should I be installing release ,stable , or current 4.2 You should start by installing 4.2-RELEASE. Once you have gotten the handle on that, you may want to take that to 4.2-STABLE (if there is anything security critical on the machine, -STABLE is pretty much manditory). Either way, start with installing RELEASE. As for 5.0-CURRENT, the rule of thumb is, "If you need to ask, you should not be using it." -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message