In message <v04220815b49f8c375699@[195.238.1.121]>, Brad Knowles writes: > At 11:46 PM +1100 2000/1/10, Jonathan Michaels wrote: > > > what sort of hardware problems, please ? > > Issues with some older Pentium motherboards apparently losing > their minds (and their timing interrupts) with the new ATA driver > (replaces the old wd driver). There are also some issues with > laptops and PC Cards, especially CardBus cards. I currently have a couple of older machines, a P120 and a 486DX/33 happily running 3.4. Would you recommend installing 4.0-current on a spare slice to verify whether it will run on these older machines or should I wait until -current settles down, e.g. is more or less in a bug-fix state? Any other pitfalls one would need to consider prior to running this kind of test? Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Sun/DEC Team, UNIX Group Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ITSD Province of BC "e**(i*pi)+1=0" To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: When does the 4.x branch go stable?
Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group Mon, 10 Jan 2000 16:32:34 -0800