From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 10 20:07:30 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id UAA24877 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 10 Feb 1995 20:07:30 -0800 Received: from glueserv1.umd.edu (glueserv1.umd.edu [129.2.70.69]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with ESMTP id UAA24871 for ; Fri, 10 Feb 1995 20:07:28 -0800 Received: from latte.eng.umd.edu (latte.eng.umd.edu [129.2.98.15]) by glueserv1.umd.edu (8.6.9/8.6.4) with ESMTP id XAA22594; Fri, 10 Feb 1995 23:07:14 -0500 Received: (chuckr@localhost) by latte.eng.umd.edu (8.6.9/8.6.4) id XAA18013; Fri, 10 Feb 1995 23:07:14 -0500 Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 23:07:14 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey To: Steve Passe cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FrrrBSD 2.0 Installation over FTP In-Reply-To: <199502110130.SAA02613@rick.systemsix.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: questions-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 10 Feb 1995, Steve Passe wrote: > > to try to install using FTP. I've tried to install the 2.0 release, the > > jan 25 (?) snapshot, the 2/2 snapshot, and the 2/10 snapshot. None of > > them work. > > > hello, > i still recommend 1.1.5.1 to anyone that is looking for a > good unix. perhaps we should still offer that on freebsd.cdrom.com. > at the very least we need to figure out how to better convey the > experimental nature of 2.x to newcomers. > > Steve Passe > smp@rick.systemsix.com I have to wonder, this sounds like a great suggestion, I'd think to word it stronger. The snapshots aren't release versions, and I don't think they're a good thing to use as one's first exposure to FreeBSD, and most especially not for a machine that is going to be a server. Shouldn't it be emphasized a little that these are pre-release snapshots, not in any way guaranteed bug-free? ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 7608 Topton St. | New Carrollton, MD 20784 | I run Journey2 (Freebsd 2.0) and n3lxx (301) 459-2316 | (FreeBSD 1.1.5.1) and am I happy! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------