From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 2 02:22:24 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F0C716A403 for ; Wed, 2 May 2007 02:22:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from seanrees@gmail.com) Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.236]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65FEA13C45A for ; Wed, 2 May 2007 02:22:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from seanrees@gmail.com) Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 70so1941312wra for ; Tue, 01 May 2007 19:22:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=t0d4TMDYW/5B1d39HAkMD5mqCyt3lOC7lXMNIajPYwb7M/eMQ9iP0U2Inl6wnqlzffGDWEatL09FLeAbrWZXwo/OBlLgX40wbSLptE8I8Ff/gslADRcyWN560al3hUup1plYGlm8FCc+sTzyDwgeXG9jGs6dV8lCKZKyBj01Okw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=d43NiIjCGKxAf5qKCNm+fMyoGuh4QsPsVpWDIiCJHAn2Kzz9+q/Xvl5e50Gwnuz3ZpjHUp/fYmQep7K/sOHOt8nxwVWsDG0OrrlCz1VXONgEPauN635Ug+iPp04rqX4I4DXZ/2E8gHmUq3BNnjXAylaUxQDrTJnmmvcs9vxuV/4= Received: by 10.115.58.1 with SMTP id l1mr35266wak.1178070848708; Tue, 01 May 2007 18:54:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.115.76.14 with HTTP; Tue, 1 May 2007 18:54:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <889876910705011854kddc7558p1fa88e866e08573a@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 18:54:08 -0700 From: "Sean Rees" To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: A Testament to Stability and FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 02:22:24 -0000 Hey all, A few weeks ago, I picked up a server from my parents' house that I had all but forgotten about. I had logged in periodically to clear out /var/log and perform internal maintenance tasks, but not much else. Due to a remodel at my parents' house, this server needed a new home -- my home. I thought I'd write a brief note as a sort of testament to the stability and usability of FreeBSD, especially as it relates to upgrades. In December 1998, I installed FreeBSD 3.0-RELEASE on this very same machine. When I brought the machine home with me, it ran FreeBSD 4.11-STABLE. A few days ago, I bumped it to 5.5-STABLE and just last night, I rebuilt it's world to 6.2-STABLE. These are all source upgrades (with the exception of a 6.2-RELEASE binary upgrade to save time) and _no_ clean installs in the interim. It even runs on the same hard drive as it did over 8 years ago. I thought I'd give a big shout out of 'thanks!' to the FreeBSD community for making this possible. I thought I'd also share a few items... [srees@valiant]-~% finger root Login: root Name: Charlie Root Directory: /root Shell: /bin/csh Last login Mon Jan 25 16:06 1999 (PST) on ttyv0 (I like su) Some stuff from /usr/bin: -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 66452 Jan 20 2000 ./bison -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 11000 Jun 24 2000 ./btreeop -r-xr-xr-x 3 root wheel 17984 Jan 20 2000 ./captoinfo -r-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 49680 Sep 16 1999 ./cc2723 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 21600 Jan 20 2000 ./error -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 197456 Jan 20 2000 ./f2c -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 5140 Jan 20 2000 ./fpr -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 5704 Jan 20 2000 ./fsplit -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 4712 Aug 20 1999 ./g++-2.7.2.3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 49680 Aug 22 1999 ./gcc-2.7.2.3 As for this box, a P2 300 with 192MB of RAM, I plan on repurposing it as a router for my home network. This, among other things, was it's original purpose many years ago while I lived at home and maintained it. What was once shall be again. Cheers, Sean