Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 19:41:15 +0100 From: Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk> To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Should I run -CURRENT? SNAP? Message-ID: <353650CB.5FAD74C6@tdx.co.uk>
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Hi All, I've been watching this list for a while now... My FreeBSD box is currently a dual P-Pro 200 with 192Mb of RAM and running 2.2.6-R. I use it mainly for mail, apache (and Apache-SSL), heavily for Samba - and also for some pretty scary shell scripts (basic data manipulation building web pages etc.) I would like to use the second processor - but I'm a bit worried about all my data... I do regular backups - but the machine houses some 18Gb of data spread accross an aging collection of IDE and SCSI drives - which are used via a 100Mbit link fxp card and Samba. I've seen a lot of problems with SoftUpdates going around recently - some of my drives are CCD based, so I would be avoiding stuff like that... What I'm trying to get at - is it a good idea? - The box isn't _mission_ critical, I don't mind it crashing, panicing etc. - but I'd rather not have the filesystems hosed... With this in mind can anyone offer any advice? - i.e. some good SNAP's to try etc? - I've read all the impending doom FAQ's on the FreeBSD site - and I have a working knowledge of 'c' and making worlds etc... :-) If I find a SNAP that works well is it likely to stay 'working well' (I know, how longs a piece of string?) - or am I better off staying 'really' current? I have run -CURRENT before, but only on an old 486 which whilst it could run it - would take days and days to do any makeworlds... :-( Oh for SMP-Stable... <g> Regards, Karl Pielorz To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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