Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 13:08:50 +0000 (GMT) From: Kris Kirby <kris@catonic.net> To: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Alpha 4.x releases (production quality?) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010181300550.29907-100000@spaz.huntsvilleal.com> In-Reply-To: <14829.40410.255103.869589@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
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On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > If you can actually manage to get it installed, it is just as stable > as FreeBSD/i386. Most embarassing problems are in the > install/bootstrap area. Like "shutdown -r now" not rebooting? ;-) > If you decide to try it, I'd suggest installing 4.0-release and > buildworlding your way to -stable. When you do this, copy the > original (4.0-release) /boot/loader over what installworld installs. Does cross-platform compiling work? I've got a K7-850 with resources to spare, but my Alpha is a Multia! What I did install on it was 4.1-RELEASE. Building a kernel took as long as my K5/75 as it did on my Multia (~4000 seconds). I'd like to put it into operation as a little web server, but I am reminded of comments on this list some time ago amounting to "It works, but I wouldn't risk using it in production." I'm concerned that being an Alpha that it might be more prone to security risk since the majority of effort is directed at i386. Buffer Overflows and all... ----- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR | TGIFreeBSD... 'Nuff said. <kris@nospam.catonic.net> | ------------------------------------------------------- "Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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