Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Fri, 05 Oct 2012 21:56:39 +0800
From:      Mike Manilone <crtmike@gmx.us>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 10-CURRENT and 9-STABLE snapshots
Message-ID:  <506EE717.7000409@gmx.us>
In-Reply-To: <20121005135110.GA1339@glenbarber.us>
References:  <20121005135110.GA1339@glenbarber.us>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help

On 2012/10/05 21:51, Glen Barber wrote:
> Hi,
>
> A number of FreeBSD users have displayed interest in the availability
> and testing of -STABLE and -CURRENT snapshot releases.
>
> I have been working on generating snapshots regularly, and now would
> like to announce their availability for those interested in testing.
>
> Please note, as always with the -STABLE and -CURRENT branches, these
> snapshots are not intended for production systems.
>
> The snapshots available are:
>
>   - 10.0-CURRENT amd64
>   - 10.0-CURRENT i386
>   - 9.1-PRERELEASE amd64
>   - 9.1-PRERELEASE i386
>
> Note that the 9.1-PRERELEASE snapshots are the stable/9 branch, not what
> will eventually be 9.1-RELEASE.
>
> I do not yet have snapshots for the 8-STABLE branch, but am working on
> the magic to make that happen as well.  There are also no bootonly ISOs,
> since the necessary distribution sets are not available on the FreeBSD
> FTP servers, so I cannot direct the installer to a different location
> very easily.
>
> The URL for the snapshots is:
>
>      https://snapshots.glenbarber.us/Latest/
>
> The SHA256 of the xz(1)-compressed install medium follows, and is also
> included in a plain-text file on the site.
>
> FreeBSD-10.0-CURRENT-amd64-memstick.xz = 8779f5925cb903c64d647392f6af825d5e74019d6d13222045d69091b03a81ff
> FreeBSD-10.0-CURRENT-amd64-release.iso.xz = cc3934c947563c23f92ba1cd8ca7ded3999dfbc050e2b2647c294e442f267040
> FreeBSD-10.0-CURRENT-i386-memstick.xz = 9eb7ff8e28c0c524d2794828acb601b9b7079c1d00017e3bf84b974ff4412e42
> FreeBSD-10.0-CURRENT-i386-release.iso.xz = 0d1334fea13e16cb0d06a3f3c3fb7b0e1223baf06a06a889a6cffa6981348ae5
> FreeBSD-9.1-PRERELEASE-amd64-memstick.xz = f5f1e7acbaaac6eb61c5194199eb6ef090af242efc9808dc1af5caeee126e15e
> FreeBSD-9.1-PRERELEASE-amd64-release.iso.xz = 0cfa5b258428741e0345b29eed241188d5944fcb15a70b079d39d56195f0cccc
> FreeBSD-9.1-PRERELEASE-i386-memstick.xz = 4e98ffe63b186b0e26f22c3ddfb0582019bf352d1ea39da2757817c809872b67
> FreeBSD-9.1-PRERELEASE-i386-release.iso.xz = 0bce6f2a9626705484ff7cac18623f714e289ef6ddc0b6199d78eba37ded2ca4
>
> The "Latest" directory on the site will always point to the latest batch
> of snapshots, which right now my goal is to regenerate every few days
> (I do not have a definitive timeframe in mind yet).
>
> I hope these are useful to the FreeBSD community.  Feedback on this is
> welcome, as always.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Glen
>
> PS: Please report any issues regarding downloading to me directly.
>
Good idea! :-)
Could it be used in freebsd-update?

Cheers,
Mike



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?506EE717.7000409>