Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 20:30:11 -0500 From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fran=E7ois?= Gagnon <fgagnon@sce.carleton.ca> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Old release of FreeBSD Message-ID: <20070209203011.3a7e9d50.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <45CCA0FB.3050002@sce.carleton.ca> References: <45CCA0FB.3050002@sce.carleton.ca>
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On Fri, 09 Feb 2007 11:27:39 -0500 François Gagnon <fgagnon@sce.carleton.ca> wrote: > Hi, I was browsing the old-releases ISO directory of FreeBSD at: > > ftp://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES > > looking for FreeBSD 4.2 in order to test something I have not worked on > for a long time. > > I indeed found what I was looking for. However, there seems to be two > possible version for FreeBSD 4.2. > > One is simply FreeBSD 4.2 and the other is FreeBSD 4.2-Release > > FreeBSD 4.3 directory contains only on install iso while FreeBSD > 4.2-Release contains two cd iso. > > I am a little confused with this "duplication". Is there any difference > between these two versions of 4.2 ? > > Thanks a lot and have a great week end! Most likely the 4.2-Release is the actual release and the other one might either be a directory (haven't checked personally), or one a release candidate. You could also look at the file dates and see which one is newer. Hope that helps, -- Tom Rhodes
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