Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 11:27:34 +0200 From: Wolfram Schneider <wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de> To: Lawrence Mayer dsg <Lawrence.Mayer@dsg.ki.se> Cc: www@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: site down? releng4.freebsd.org Message-ID: <20020418112733.A9174@freno.cs.tu-berlin.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0204172116300.12210-100000@mbox.ki.se>; from Lawrence.Mayer@dsg.ki.se on Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 10:27:37PM %2B0200 References: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0204172116300.12210-100000@mbox.ki.se>
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Hi Lawrence, questions regarding FreeBSD stable should be sent to the FreeBSD stable mailing list freebsd-stable@freebsd.org freebsd-www is for webmasters only. PS: FreeBSD snapshots are also available at the japanese site ftp://snapshots.jp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ -Wolfram On 2002-04-17 22:27:37 +0200, Lawrence Mayer dsg wrote: > Hi! > > I've been trying to log into ftp://releng4.freebsd.org for the past > several days, from several different computers and networks, without any > luck. > > 1. Has the site been down? > > > IF SO: > > 2. When do you expect it back up? > > 3. Are there any mirror sites that have recent snapshots of FreeBSD STABLE > for i386? (There are no such mirrors listed at > www.freebsdmirrors.org/FBSDsites.php3?showi386snaps=do.) > > 4. If it will take additional time to get releng4.freebsd.org back up, it > might help to post a news flash to that effect (along with links to any > mirrors) at http://www.freebsd.org/news/newsflash.html. > > 5. If there are no mirrors, would it be possible to recruit one? The > situation is particularly accute right now, since > > "......A bug has been fixed in soft updates that can cause occasional > filesystem corruption if the system is shut down immediately after > performing heavy filesystem activities, such as installing a new kernel or > other software. The system shutdown was unable to flush all buffers on > shutdown and would report this fact. The problem can be worked around by > running sync(8) a few times before rebooting, or solved by updating to a > recent FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE snapshot........" > (2002/03/19 posted to www.freebsd.org/releases/4.5R/errata.html) > > In my reading, the above quote recommends that 4.5 RELEASE users upgrade > to STABLE instead of waiting for the next RELEASE to come out. It would > be most unfortunate if releng4.freebsd.org is down, and there are no > mirrors, just now when we need it the most! > > A mirror site would also be an investment not only in the present but in > the future. It may happen again that a serious bug is found in a FreeBSD > RELEASE. If so, it would be a clear advantage if there is more than one > site in the world hosting recent shopshots of FreeBSD STABLE. > > I would greatly appreciate a reply ASAP. I am anxious to install FreeBSD. > But, in view of the above quote, I'm waiting to get my hands on FreeBSD > STABLE. > > Warm Greetings, > Lawrence Mayer > Umeå, Sweden > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-www" in the body of the message -- Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.org> http://wolfram.schneider.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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