Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 18:54:08 -0700 From: "Sean Rees" <seanrees@gmail.com> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: A Testament to Stability and FreeBSD Message-ID: <889876910705011854kddc7558p1fa88e866e08573a@mail.gmail.com>
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Hey all, A few weeks ago, I picked up a server from my parents' house that I had all but forgotten about. I had logged in periodically to clear out /var/log and perform internal maintenance tasks, but not much else. Due to a remodel at my parents' house, this server needed a new home -- my home. I thought I'd write a brief note as a sort of testament to the stability and usability of FreeBSD, especially as it relates to upgrades. In December 1998, I installed FreeBSD 3.0-RELEASE on this very same machine. When I brought the machine home with me, it ran FreeBSD 4.11-STABLE. A few days ago, I bumped it to 5.5-STABLE and just last night, I rebuilt it's world to 6.2-STABLE. These are all source upgrades (with the exception of a 6.2-RELEASE binary upgrade to save time) and _no_ clean installs in the interim. It even runs on the same hard drive as it did over 8 years ago. I thought I'd give a big shout out of 'thanks!' to the FreeBSD community for making this possible. I thought I'd also share a few items... [srees@valiant]-~% finger root Login: root Name: Charlie Root Directory: /root Shell: /bin/csh Last login Mon Jan 25 16:06 1999 (PST) on ttyv0 (I like su) Some stuff from /usr/bin: -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 66452 Jan 20 2000 ./bison -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 11000 Jun 24 2000 ./btreeop -r-xr-xr-x 3 root wheel 17984 Jan 20 2000 ./captoinfo -r-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 49680 Sep 16 1999 ./cc2723 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 21600 Jan 20 2000 ./error -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 197456 Jan 20 2000 ./f2c -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 5140 Jan 20 2000 ./fpr -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 5704 Jan 20 2000 ./fsplit -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 4712 Aug 20 1999 ./g++-2.7.2.3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 49680 Aug 22 1999 ./gcc-2.7.2.3 As for this box, a P2 300 with 192MB of RAM, I plan on repurposing it as a router for my home network. This, among other things, was it's original purpose many years ago while I lived at home and maintained it. What was once shall be again. Cheers, Sean
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