Date: Sat, 07 Jun 97 13:18:27 From: "Bill Nutt" <B.Nutt@dial.pipex.com> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: suitability of 2.2.2-Release Message-ID: <199706071251.NAA06325@typhoon.dial.pipex.net>
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Hi, folks, I'm currently running a 2.1.5 box (standalone, single user, only occasional dial up through modem). I've been delaying upgrading because of the crop of recent 2940 problems. I have a 2940AU in a SCSI only system, so the 2940 driver has to be rock solid (no IDE disks to run from if I start getting SCSI problems!). SCSI targets are: 1 x Maxtor MXT540-SL 512Meg 1 x Quantum Fireball 2.1 Gig (the BSD drive) 1 x Plextor 8x SCSI CDROM 1 x lumbering archive viper 150 tape drive I notice people have been having tape problems too. As you can see, the viper is my only method of backup right now, so I can't afford tape problems either... Now to the meat of the question: Do I go for 2.2.2 when Walnut Creek start shipping on CDROM, or this Desktop Pro thing with XiG stuff? Is 2.2.5 coming out in a couple of months (might as well wait if it is) What sort of timescale (+/- 3 months) are we looking at for 3.0? (I have a dual Pentium tomcat III here sat waiting patiently.... ;o) Basically I'm trying to gauge what release will serve me better, and for the greatest length of time.... (I know I could get 2.1.7.1 but that seems like a dead end since I've got my eye on some of the things >= 2.2 can do ). thanks, --Bill Nutt
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