Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 06:45:54 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Rob <nospam@users.sourceforge.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5-Current on Pentium-I with old hardware: still risky? Message-ID: <20040418134554.GA62089@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <40827EBB.2070401@users.sourceforge.net> References: <40827EBB.2070401@users.sourceforge.net>
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--IS0zKkzwUGydFO0o Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Apr 18, 2004 at 10:12:27PM +0900, Rob wrote: >=20 > Hi >=20 > I have an old Pentium-1, which I like to configure as a router > for a home network, with a minimal amount of user applications > for system maintenance only. >=20 > All my other production machines at work and home have much newer > hardware, so I don't take risks and run 4-stable. >=20 > When I read about problems with early adoption of 5.X, I mainly > encounter risks related to extremely large RAM, multi processors, > or very new hardware. >=20 > My simple and old Pentium-1 PC may therefore a very low risk system for > installing 5-Current. Is that right? Or am making a big mistake here? The risk in tracking -CURRENT is not only for new features, but everyday stability. From time to time, if you track -CURRENT you _will_ encounter panics, and occasionally data corruption and worse, so you need to be willing and able to deal with that when it happens. Kris --IS0zKkzwUGydFO0o Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAgoaSWry0BWjoQKURAjVMAKDq2vv2uHRTxPvesq+aL9J5J97tuwCg8daF TnVpJSQjxRDq/4u6hIROx/U= =uw9V -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --IS0zKkzwUGydFO0o--
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