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    FreeBSD 8.3 released?

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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
      last edited by

      It looks like it might have been:
      ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/8.3/

      This means I have no excuse not to update my compile box.  ::)

      Steve

      Edit: More accurately, the release build is available.

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      • jimpJ
        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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        Our snapshots came out labeled 8.3-RELEASE yesterday, so I figured it was due. I'll wait for the official announcement though, I grabbed the 9 images early and they ended up remaking the ISOs due to an issue they found so I had to download them again.

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          That's the excuse I'm looking for!  :D

          My 'compile box' is actually an old laptop which has a fried graphics chip. Works fine as a low powered server. Since I first installed 8.1 I've made so many small changes I haven't a hope of remembering them.
          It's almost certainly going to be a nightmare.  ::)

          Steve

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          • jimpJ
            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
            last edited by

            If you update with freebsd-update or from source, it should only replace base system binaries and such, it shouldn't stomp on anything in /usr/local, from ports, etc. And mergemaster will help make sure your changes in /etc are preserved.

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              I'll definitely try an update first but I think I've messed about with it to an extent that a fresh install is probably a good idea.
              Learn by failing!

              Steve

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              • ?
                Guest
                last edited by

                Looks official now:
                http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.3R/announce.html

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                • M
                  mr_bobo
                  last edited by

                  @stephenw10:

                  Learn by failing!

                  It's the hard lessons I seem to learn from best. :)

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                  • _Adrian__
                    _Adrian_
                    last edited by

                    screw 8.3R :P

                    http://www.freebsd.org/releases/9.0R/announce.html

                    If it ain't broken, fix it till it is :P

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                    • jimpJ
                      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                      last edited by

                      Except 9.0 had a ton of problems and we felt like coding for pfSense rather than fighting FreeBSD 9 issues, so no, don't screw 8.3R :P

                      pfSense 2.2 will be targeting FreeBSD 9.1 or so, hopefully things will be settled more by then.

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                      • _Adrian__
                        _Adrian_
                        last edited by

                        @jimp:

                        pfSense 2.2 will be targeting FreeBSD 9.1 or so, hopefully things will be settled more by then.

                        Great!
                        Put me down as a Beta Tester.
                        When do we start ? LOL

                        If it ain't broken, fix it till it is :P

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                        • jimpJ
                          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                          last edited by

                          Once 2.1 is done we'll start on 2.2.

                          So help get 2.1 finished and then it'll be time to move on. :-)

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