From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 30 11:31:12 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from alpha.comkey.com.au (alpha.comkey.com.au [203.9.152.215]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6FF0A15A40 for ; Tue, 30 Mar 1999 11:31:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gjb@comkey.com.au) Received: (qmail 25781 invoked by uid 1001); 30 Mar 1999 11:03:58 -0000 Message-ID: <19990330110358.25780.qmail@alpha.comkey.com.au> X-Posted-By: GBA-Post 1.04 06-Feb-1999 X-PGP-Fingerprint: 5A91 6942 8CEA 9DAB B95B C249 1CE1 493B 2B5A CE30 Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 21:03:58 +1000 From: Greg Black To: "Brian D. Woodruff" Cc: jef53313@bayou.uh.edu, Greg Lehey , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, "Eric J. Schwertfeger" , "Francisco Reyes" , Kent Stewart , gjb@alpha.comkey.com.au Subject: Re: 3.1 UNstable References: <3.0.6.32.19990327211654.008b91f0@freeq.com> <3.0.6.32.19990328111310.008b1840@freeq.com> In-reply-to: <3.0.6.32.19990328111310.008b1840@freeq.com> of Sun, 28 Mar 1999 11:13:10 CST Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "Brian D. Woodruff" writes: > If you want to get 3.1-RELEASE or 3.1-STABLE (which is currently a link > back to 3.1-RELEASE), you MUST use the floppy disks for 3.1-RELEASE, I don't want to belittle you or the troubles you've had with this, but I think there's a point that's worth making here. When installing some new OS, you should always use the bits and pieces that belong to that version of the OS. This is basic stuff for anybody who wants to retain their sanity and applies to all OSes, not just FreeBSD. And, given all the hoopla about the change to ELF in 3.x and the widely-publicised fact that the ELF transition was done in two stages, any 3.x installs should have been screaming out to be treated carefully. It can be a pain to think this stuff through, but it's an even bigger pain to fix it after going off half-cocked. -- Greg Black To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message