From owner-freebsd-security Wed Feb 16 17: 6:11 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from builder.freebsd.org (builder.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.24]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE2FD37B598 for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2000 17:06:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dalcocer@home.com) Received: from mail.rdc1.sdca.home.com (ha1.rdc1.sdca.home.com [24.0.3.66]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68EE2132E2 for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2000 17:05:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from pino.localdomain.home.com ([24.0.45.247]) by mail.rdc1.sdca.home.com (InterMail v4.01.01.00 201-229-111) with SMTP id <20000217010606.BJJI25101.mail.rdc1.sdca.home.com@pino.localdomain.home.com> for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2000 17:06:06 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <00021604155000.08535@nomad.dataplex.net> References: <200002160926.CAA09916@harmony.village.org> <00021604155000.08535@nomad.dataplex.net> X-Mailer: VM 6.43 under 20.4 "Emerald" XEmacs Lucid Message-ID: <14507.4115.743232.801540@pino.localdomain> From: Dario Alcocer To: Richard Wackerbarth Subject: Re: Why should I upgrade from 2.2.8 to 3.4 Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 13:14:41 -0800 (PST) Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >>>>> "Richard" == Richard Wackerbarth writes: Richard> Perhaps there needs to be a more emphatic public posting Richard> to the effect that 2.2.x is "moldy" and supported only to Richard> the extent that the few remaining users of this system Richard> contribute patches. Unless they have COMPELLING reasons Richard> to remain with 2.2.x, all users SHOULD UPGRADE to 3.4. One problem I've seen with upgrading to 3.4 is installing on low-memory machines. The 2.2.8 install boot floppy works on an 8MB machine, but 3.x does not; it needs at least 12MB to install. (I wonder if it's just a problem with too many drivers in the boot floppy. Maybe this problem could be addressed by having a smaller kernel on the install boot floppy.) Anyway, I found this problem when I tried upgrading an existing 2.2.8 firewall/router machine to 3.1, and the install failed due to this 8MB problem. Others have run into this problem as well: http://www.deja.com/=dnc/[ST_rn=ps]/getdoc.xp?AN=515625181 http://www.deja.com/=dnc/[ST_rn=ps]/getdoc.xp?AN=516009396 -- Dario Alcocer // dalcocer@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message