Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 22:27:37 +0200 (MET DST) From: Lawrence Mayer dsg <Lawrence.Mayer@dsg.ki.se> To: www@FreeBSD.org Subject: site down? releng4.freebsd.org Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0204172116300.12210-100000@mbox.ki.se>
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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=3Ddo.) 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 Ume=E5, Sweden To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-www" in the body of the message
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