From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 18 06:46:02 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 9CA8116A4CE for ; Sun, 18 Apr 2004 06:46:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mta7.pltn13.pbi.net (mta7.pltn13.pbi.net [64.164.98.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A50343D58 for ; Sun, 18 Apr 2004 06:46:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (8b2bf3c96573e7085e9ab30181f8071b@adsl-67-115-73-128.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net [67.115.73.128])i3IDjvt5007466; Sun, 18 Apr 2004 06:46:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id B1CA951EE5; Sun, 18 Apr 2004 06:45:54 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 06:45:54 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway To: Rob Message-ID: <20040418134554.GA62089@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <40827EBB.2070401@users.sourceforge.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="IS0zKkzwUGydFO0o" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <40827EBB.2070401@users.sourceforge.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5-Current on Pentium-I with old hardware: still risky? 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: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 13:46:02 -0000 --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--