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From: jkh@violet.berkeley.edu (Jordan K. Hubbard)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Two 2.0.5 questions
Date: 1 Jun 1995 08:40:16 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
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In article <3qj2eo$5ln@newshost.loc3.tandem.com>,
mueller_scott <scott@tandem.com> wrote:
>1 - I'm running 2.0R.  I understand 2.0.5 has the "slice" code; does this
>mean I can't use my current 2.0R partitions/fstab entries?  Backing up to
>300 floppies does not appeal to me...  On the other arm, I'm planning to buy

You can still use your current 2.0R stuff, though I recommend that
you use a new root filesystem for 2.0.5R so that your /dev entries
are properly created for the slice code.  Basically, I would start
fresh with a new / and /usr from 2.0.5 and use the (M)ount command
to mount your old partitions.

>2 - I encountered one each of libc and kernel bugs under 2.0R and sent pointers
>in to bugs@freebsd.org.  Is there a Changes file or similar that I can ftp
>to see if fixes made it into 2.0.5, so I don't have to pull the full release
>down and read the source?

You can query our bugs database, though I'm not sure how to do this via
mail at the moment - talk to Paul Richards: paul@freebsd.org.  Or use the
easier to use search engine at http://www.freebsd.org.

We're working on improving the whole bugs tracking system substantially
over the next few months, so if you totally draw a blank, don't hesitate
to ask!

						Jordan