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From: Murray Stokely <murray@freebsd.org>
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On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 06:01:06PM -0800, Georgi Hristov wrote:
> According to the post below, the problem is with the
> image for the 1.44 floppy disk.  However, the is no
> problem with the CD ISO images. 
> Is that correct? 

No.  One symptom of the problem related to the floppies.

> Thus furure changes of the FreeBSD i386 CD ISO images
> would not be made, and dowloading the ISOs currently
> on the ftp server is OK. 
> Is that correct? 

Well, the main problem you may experience is difficulties with
mergemaster(8) after you install the ISO you downloaded and then try
to upgrade to a future version.  Your configuration files will lack
detailed $FreeBSD$ strings and this will confuse mergemaster.  This is
more trouble than it's worth though.

The answer is simple.  Wait until the release is announced.

> I am booting my system from CD and I really don't care
> about the 1.44 floppies. I would like to know when the
> CD images are going to be final and ready for release.

As always, an email will be sent to announce@FreeBSD.org and the
website will be updated.

      - Murray