Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2019 19:48:01 +0000 From: Carmel NY <carmel_ny@outlook.com> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD on HP Computer that is using software RAID 5 Message-ID: <SN1PR20MB2109BED976DBEE2EFA4A850C808D0@SN1PR20MB2109.namprd20.prod.outlook.com> In-Reply-To: <8a1d9b31-8dc7-753c-8d37-1eed2d0bd06a@FreeBSD.org> References: <SN1PR20MB2109CC11BEFFA9383FDCA406808C0@SN1PR20MB2109.namprd20.prod.outlook.com> <20190102222619.c63f20f0.freebsd@edvax.de> <SN1PR20MB2109B69D2E6B7E9E5C6C0087808D0@SN1PR20MB2109.namprd20.prod.outlook.com> <alpine.BSF.2.21.9999.1901031243160.25281@mail.fig.ol.no> <SN1PR20MB2109D5A7EAFFFD226B85293D808D0@SN1PR20MB2109.namprd20.prod.outlook.com> <6d05c736-8020-4963-fe29-3e6bd9110fe3@FreeBSD.org> <SN1PR20MB210964F5AA73DB24FF0CA079808D0@SN1PR20MB2109.namprd20.prod.outlook.com> <8a1d9b31-8dc7-753c-8d37-1eed2d0bd06a@FreeBSD.org>
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On Thu, 3 Jan 2019 17:51:47 +0000, Matthew Seaman stated: >On 03/01/2019 17:20, Carmel NY wrote: >> On Thu, 3 Jan 2019 17:00:36 +0000, Matthew Seaman stated: >> =20 >>> Nope. So long as you have Internet access available, then you can >>> use the 'Boot Only' disk image for FreeBSD 12 in exactly the same >>> way. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Matthew =20 >>=20 >> Thank you Matthew, I was worried that things had changed. I like >> installing from the net. Also, hopefully I am getting the latest >> versions, although that is probably not true. I know that Microsoft >> does that, but I am not really sure how FreeBSD handles it. >> =20 > >If you download the installer image for FreeBSD-12.0 then that's >exactly what you'll get as the base system: FreeBSD-12.0-RELEASE. You >would then need to run freebsd-update(8) or similar after installation >to get any subsequently issued security or errata patches. > >By contrast, with pkgs you would always be getting the latest >available version available from the repository, although remember >that the default for a -RELEASE system is to use the quarterly package >set, so "latest available" could mean (at worst) "3 months behind the >current upstream version." Given that at the time of writing this >e-mail the 2019Q1 branch is only 3 days old, right now everything is >still pretty much up to date compared to the latest packages. > > Cheers, > > Matthew Matthew, I think you might have some say in how FreeBSD operates. When a user downloads a new version of FreeBSD, lets say version 12.0, they should get that version. Now, if there is a newer version, lets say version 12.1 of 12.2, or whatever, the user should be presented with the option of downloading the latest version. Microsoft does something similar, and I see no reason not to follow that trend. The user should be given the option. If there is a newer version available, why should the end user be handicapped? --=20 Carmel
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