From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jun 7 05:51:16 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id FAA16057 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 7 Jun 1997 05:51:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from typhoon.dial.pipex.net (typhoon.dial.pipex.net [158.43.128.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id FAA16052 for ; Sat, 7 Jun 1997 05:51:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from an040.du.pipex.com (193.130.253.40) by typhoon.dial.pipex.net (8.8.2/UUNET PIPEX simple 1.29) id NAA06325; Sat, 7 Jun 1997 13:51:10 +0100 (BST) Message-Id: <199706071251.NAA06325@typhoon.dial.pipex.net> From: "Bill Nutt" To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Date: Sat, 07 Jun 97 13:18:27 Reply-To: "Bill Nutt" Priority: Normal X-Mailer: PMMail 1.92 Evaluation Version For OS/2 (Unregistered) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: suitability of 2.2.2-Release Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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