Re: FreeBSD 9.1 stability/robustness?

2012-11-06 Thread Rick Miller
Someone asked about getting The DL360 G8 to boot to their intel branded pci NIC, but I cannot find that email :( At any rate, we removed the Broadcom daughterboard from the system and insured that the intel PCI NIC (i350) was bootable in the BIOS. On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 9:56 PM, Rick Miller

Re: FreeBSD 9.1 stability/robustness?

2012-11-04 Thread Rainer Duffner
Am Sat, 3 Nov 2012 21:56:45 -0400 schrieb Rick Miller vmil...@hostileadmin.com: On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 4:10 AM, Rainer Duffner rai...@ultra-secure.de wrote: Am Thu, 1 Nov 2012 20:14:51 -0600 (MDT) schrieb Brett Glass br...@lariat.net: I need to build up a few servers and routers, and am

Re: FreeBSD 9.1 stability/robustness?

2012-11-04 Thread Brett Glass
At 10:28 AM 11/4/2012, Rainer Duffner wrote: Oh - will were be an 8.4 release? That would be interesting. I'd like to see a trend toward more point versions of FreeBSD. Particularly in 9.x, because it incorporates most of the items that have been on people's wish lists. 4.11 was one of the

Re: FreeBSD 9.1 stability/robustness?

2012-11-04 Thread Kurt Jaeger
Hi! Oh - will were be an 8.4 release? That would be interesting. I'd like to see a trend toward more point versions of FreeBSD. Particularly in 9.x, because it incorporates most of the items that have been on people's wish lists. 4.11 was one of the most robust and stable releases ever,

Re: FreeBSD 9.1 stability/robustness?

2012-11-04 Thread Rick Miller
On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 12:28 PM, Rainer Duffner rai...@ultra-secure.de wrote: Oh - will were be an 8.4 release? That would be interesting. History shows that every release, since 4.x has gone to at least .4. I'd be willing to bet we will see an 8.4. The branch is still being developed.

Re: FreeBSD 9.1 stability/robustness?

2012-11-03 Thread Mark Saad
On Nov 2, 2012, at 3:15 PM, Rainer Duffner rai...@ultra-secure.de wrote: Am Fri, 2 Nov 2012 13:34:20 -0400 schrieb Mark Saad nones...@longcount.org: On Nov 2, 2012, at 4:10 AM, Rainer Duffner rai...@ultra-secure.de wrote: Am Thu, 1 Nov 2012 20:14:51 -0600 (MDT) schrieb Brett

Re: FreeBSD 9.1 stability/robustness?

2012-11-03 Thread Rainer Duffner
Am Sat, 3 Nov 2012 11:06:26 -0400 schrieb Mark Saad nones...@longcount.org: Hp did a presentation at work 2 weeks ago about the g8 . Hp said you can swap out a daughter card in the 360/380/580 for nic options like broadcom 4 port gigabit nic , melenox infinbabd, intel pro1000 4 port nic ,

Re: FreeBSD 9.1 stability/robustness?

2012-11-03 Thread Rick Miller
On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 4:10 AM, Rainer Duffner rai...@ultra-secure.de wrote: Am Thu, 1 Nov 2012 20:14:51 -0600 (MDT) schrieb Brett Glass br...@lariat.net: I need to build up a few servers and routers, and am wondering how FreeBSD 9.1 is shaping up. Will it be likely to be more stable and

Re: FreeBSD 9.1 stability/robustness?

2012-11-02 Thread Rainer Duffner
Am Thu, 1 Nov 2012 20:14:51 -0600 (MDT) schrieb Brett Glass br...@lariat.net: I need to build up a few servers and routers, and am wondering how FreeBSD 9.1 is shaping up. Will it be likely to be more stable and robust than 9.0-RELEASE? Are there issues that will have to wait until

Re: FreeBSD 9.1 stability/robustness?

2012-11-02 Thread Thomas Mueller
On 1 November 2012, at 19:14, Brett Glass wrote: I need to build up a few servers and routers, and am wondering how FreeBSD 9.1 is shaping up. Will it be likely to be more stable and robust than 9.0-RELEASE? Doug Hardie responded: It appears to be for me. I had problems with 9.0 not

Re: FreeBSD 9.1 stability/robustness?

2012-11-02 Thread George Mitchell
On 11/01/12 22:14, Brett Glass wrote: I need to build up a few servers and routers, and am wondering how FreeBSD 9.1 is shaping up. Will it be likely to be more stable and robust than 9.0-RELEASE? Are there issues that will have to wait until 9.2-RELEASE to be fixed? Opinions welcome. --Brett

Re: FreeBSD 9.1 stability/robustness?

2012-11-02 Thread pete wright
On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 7:14 PM, Brett Glass br...@lariat.net wrote: I need to build up a few servers and routers, and am wondering how FreeBSD 9.1 is shaping up. Will it be likely to be more stable and robust than 9.0-RELEASE? Are there issues that will have to wait until 9.2-RELEASE to be

Re: FreeBSD 9.1 stability/robustness?

2012-11-02 Thread Mark Saad
On Nov 2, 2012, at 4:10 AM, Rainer Duffner rai...@ultra-secure.de wrote: Am Thu, 1 Nov 2012 20:14:51 -0600 (MDT) schrieb Brett Glass br...@lariat.net: I need to build up a few servers and routers, and am wondering how FreeBSD 9.1 is shaping up. Will it be likely to be more stable and

Re: FreeBSD 9.1 stability/robustness?

2012-11-02 Thread Rainer Duffner
Am Fri, 2 Nov 2012 13:34:20 -0400 schrieb Mark Saad nones...@longcount.org: On Nov 2, 2012, at 4:10 AM, Rainer Duffner rai...@ultra-secure.de wrote: Am Thu, 1 Nov 2012 20:14:51 -0600 (MDT) schrieb Brett Glass br...@lariat.net: I need to build up a few servers and routers, and

Re: FreeBSD 9.1 stability/robustness?

2012-11-02 Thread Shane Ambler
On 02/11/2012 15:57, Doug Hardie wrote: On 1 November 2012, at 19:14, Brett Glass wrote: I need to build up a few servers and routers, and am wondering how FreeBSD 9.1 is shaping up. Will it be likely to be more stable and robust than 9.0-RELEASE? It appears to be for me. I had problems

FreeBSD 9.1 stability/robustness?

2012-11-01 Thread Brett Glass
I need to build up a few servers and routers, and am wondering how FreeBSD 9.1 is shaping up. Will it be likely to be more stable and robust than 9.0-RELEASE? Are there issues that will have to wait until 9.2-RELEASE to be fixed? Opinions welcome. --Brett Glass

Re: FreeBSD 9.1 stability/robustness?

2012-11-01 Thread Doug Hardie
On 1 November 2012, at 19:14, Brett Glass wrote: I need to build up a few servers and routers, and am wondering how FreeBSD 9.1 is shaping up. Will it be likely to be more stable and robust than 9.0-RELEASE? It appears to be for me. I had problems with 9.0 not reading CDs and rebooting