From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 27 23:15:51 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB54A16A4CE for ; Sun, 27 Mar 2005 23:15:51 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp11.wanadoo.fr (smtp11.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2108B43D46 for ; Sun, 27 Mar 2005 23:15:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr) Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf1104.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id C90AF1C0009B for ; Mon, 28 Mar 2005 01:15:49 +0200 (CEST) Received: from pix.atkielski.com (ASt-Lambert-111-2-1-3.w81-50.abo.wanadoo.fr [81.50.80.3]) by mwinf1104.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id A1DA51C00082 for ; Mon, 28 Mar 2005 01:15:49 +0200 (CEST) X-ME-UUID: 20050327231549663.A1DA51C00082@mwinf1104.wanadoo.fr Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 01:15:48 +0200 From: Anthony Atkielski X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <1703456128.20050328011548@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <200503272250.PAA01070@quail.sorsby.org> References: <200503272250.PAA01070@quail.sorsby.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Help! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 23:15:51 -0000 Charlie Sorsby writes: > Every time I turn round, someone is telling me that I should update > to a more recent version of freeBSD. Each time I try, I encounter > nothing but trouble. If the version you are currently running does what you require, there is no reason for you to update, no matter what anyone says. > I tried some time ago, updating to 4.5, the latest version for > which I have a CDROM. When I encountered problems and queried this > list, I received a message to the effect that the installer should > quit working after X years. Perhaps that was tongue in cheek but > it was singularly unhelpful. Nobody suggested that you replace all your hardware? Well, you were lucky, then. Newer versions of FreeBSD never have bugs; if they don't work on a system that worked with an older version of FreeBSD, the only possibility is that the hardware somehow failed while you were installing the newer version. I've been told this again and again when I've had problems, but I obstinately refuse to believe it just because someone says it is so. > So, I continued to use 3.4 which, aside from the fact that I can't > add anything new or update any ports or ... has stood me in good > stead for years. If it works, don't change it. Don't listen to the upgrade fanatics who constantly install the latest bleeding-edge releases of the OS simply because they don't have anything better to do. Never fix what isn't broken. > Finally getting tired of using netscape 4.76 -- I've been unsuccessful > at finding any "modern" browser that I can install under 3.4 -- and > having it crashed by "modern" web sites, I decided to try again. Ah, that's different ... at least in that case you have a reason to upgrade. I daresay that lynx will probably run under 3.4, but it's not a very exciting browser. > I fetched the floppy images for 4.11 -- I have no interest in 5.x, > 4.x is far enough removed from real BSD that I wouldn't go that > route it I had a choice. Where and what is "real BSD"? > Within a very few minutes, the installer complained that it had run > out of space on / -- why it would have tried to fetch everything to > the root partition is beyond me but that's what it said. For what it's worth, I have about 128 MB in use on / after a standard install of 5.3, which is no doubt bigger than 4.x, but you may still be getting close. I put 2 GB on /, and 7% is in use. -- Anthony