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authorPeter da Silva <pds@FreeBSD.org>1997-05-26 15:56:40 +0000
committerPeter da Silva <pds@FreeBSD.org>1997-05-26 15:56:40 +0000
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Updated relevant references from 2.2.1 to 2.2.2, fixed a little obsolete
wording.
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Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=1584
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<!DOCTYPE linuxdoc PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD linuxdoc//EN">
-<!-- $Id: FAQ.sgml,v 1.54 1997-05-13 22:01:50 pds Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: FAQ.sgml,v 1.55 1997-05-26 15:56:40 pds Exp $ -->
<article>
<title>Frequently Asked Questions for FreeBSD 2.X
<author>Maintainer: Peter da Silva <tt><htmlurl url='mailto:pds@FreeBSD.ORG'
name='&lt;pds@FreeBSD.ORG&gt;'></tt>
-<date>$Date: 1997-05-13 22:01:50 $</date>
+<date>$Date: 1997-05-26 15:56:40 $</date>
<abstract>
This is the FAQ for FreeBSD systems version 2.X All entries are
@@ -102,15 +102,15 @@ Any entries with a &lt;XXX&gt; are under construction.
<sect1>
<heading>What is the latest version of FreeBSD?</heading>
<p>
- Version <url url="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.7.1-RELEASE" name="2.1.7">
+ Version <url url="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.7.1-RELEASE" name="2.1.7.1">
is the latest <em>stable</em> version; it was released in February, 1997.
- Version <url url="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.1-RELEASE" name="2.2.1">
+ Version <url url="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.2-RELEASE" name="2.2.2">
is the latest <em>release</em> version; it was released in March, 1997.
Briefly explained, <bf>-stable</bf> is aimed at the ISP or other
corporate user who wants stability and a low change count over
- the wizzy new features of the latest release (which is <bf>2.2.1</bf>).
+ the wizzy new features of the latest release (which is <bf>2.2.2</bf>).
- <p>This is not to say that 2.2.1 is unusable for business services,
+ <p>This is not to say that 2.2.2 is unusable for business services,
and many people who need some 2.2 specific feature (newer
compiler technology, faster networking code, etc) have decided to take
a chance with it with very good results. We simply do not wish to
@@ -190,9 +190,8 @@ Any entries with a &lt;XXX&gt; are under construction.
</verb>
<p>
The -current branch is slowly progressing towards 3.0 and beyond,
- whereas the existing -stable branch will be terminated by the
- release of 2.2, resurrecting itself as 2.2-stable after the
- 2.2-RELEASE is out.
+ whereas the existing -stable branch was terminated by the
+ release of 2.2, resurrecting itself as 2.2-stable.
<sect1>
<heading>Why is the -stable branch ending with 2.1.7? </heading>
@@ -310,18 +309,18 @@ make release BUILDNAME=3.0-MY-SNAP CHROOTDIR=/some/big/filesystem/release
<url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.7.1-RELEASE/"
name="FreeBSD 2.1.7.1-RELEASE">
- For the current 2.2 branch release, 2.2.1R, look in:
- <url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.1-RELEASE/"
- name="FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE">
+ For the current 2.2 branch release, 2.2.2R, look in:
+ <url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.2-RELEASE/"
+ name="FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE">
<url url="ftp://releng22.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/" name="SNAPshot releases">
- are also made once a day along the RELENG_2_2 branch (2.2.1 -> 2.2.x)
+ are also made once a day along the RELENG_2_2 branch (2.2.2 -> 2.2.x)
as it winds its way towards the next point release on the 2.2 branch
(2.2.3, possibly, or maybe 2.2.5 depending on the change delta). With
the occasional exception of accidental breakage, the RELENG_2_2
branch is being carefully maintained (no experimental changes, fixes only
after testing in -current) and these snapshots of it may be considered
- "2.2.1+" for all intents and purposes and more desirable than 2.2.1 for new
+ "2.2.2+" for all intents and purposes and more desirable than 2.2.2 for new
installations.
FreeBSD is also available via CDROM, from the following place(s):
@@ -1768,7 +1767,7 @@ options "CMD640"
<tag>for 2.1.x-release</tag>
<url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/packages-2.1.7/"
name="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/packages-2.1.7/">
- <tag>for 2.2.1-release/2.2-stable</tag>
+ <tag>for 2.2.2-release/2.2-stable</tag>
<url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/packages-2.2/"
name="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/packages-2.2/">
<tag>for 3.0-current</tag>
@@ -2942,7 +2941,7 @@ disk fd1 at fdc0 drive 1
<heading>Where are the system start-up configuration files?</heading>
<p>
- From 2.0.5R to 2.2.1R, the primary configuration file is
+ From 2.0.5R to 2.2.2R, the primary configuration file is
<tt>/etc/sysconfig</tt>. All the options are to be specified in
this file and other files such as <tt>/etc/rc</tt> and
<tt>/etc/netstart</tt> just include it.
@@ -2951,7 +2950,7 @@ disk fd1 at fdc0 drive 1
match your system. This file is filled with comments to show what
to put in there.
- In post-2.2.1 and 3.0, <tt>/etc/sysconfig</tt> was renamed
+ In post-2.2.2 and 3.0, <tt>/etc/sysconfig</tt> was renamed
to a more self-describing <tt>rc.conf</tt> file and the syntax
cleaned up a bit in the process. <tt>/etc/netstart</tt> was also
renamed to <tt>/etc/rc.network</tt> so that all files could be