From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 13 07:20:24 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A931D16A4D0 for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2004 07:20:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from hobbiton.shire.net (hobbiton.shire.net [206.71.64.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D71543D69 for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2004 07:19:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from [67.161.247.57] (helo=[192.168.99.66]) by hobbiton.shire.net with asmtp (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.10) id 1AgQKX-0007Wc-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 13 Jan 2004 08:19:45 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v609) In-Reply-To: References: Message-Id: From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 08:19:43 -0700 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.609) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on hobbiton.shire.net X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_44 autolearn=no version=2.60 X-Spam-Level: Subject: Re: How "safe" is 5.2 to use? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 15:20:24 -0000 On Jan 13, 2004, at 4:45 AM, Vahric MUHTARYAN wrote: > Hi , > > You have to use FreeBSD 4.9, because you can see in freebsd web page > prodcution version is 4.9. and please test it maybe you will see you > can not > install 5.2 on your hardware because when I try to install 5.1 on my > intel > platform I faced a problem then now I'm using 4.9 . Everybody will say > that > wait until more tested version and now its 4.9 > Which begs the question. Will FBSD 5 ever be deemed worthy for production use? Over the last year it was said in this list: 5.1 is still a testing version not recommended for production, but 5.2 will be better suited for production. I intend to transition a less used production server from 4.7 to 5.2 sometime in the next month, and we'll see how it goes. There are certain things I would like from 5... Chad > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of David Meier > Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 1:19 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: How "safe" is 5.2 to use? > > Hello list, > > I am relatively new to the world of FreeBSD. But first, congrats to the > new release! I am somewhat insecure on how trustfully I can use the new > release for my intended use (and I hope my questions haven't been > posted a > zillion times before). Therefore I hope the FreeBSD nuts can advise me > whether to go for 4.9 or 5.2.