2.1-RELEASE (i386) sucks on my old machine - I need to downgrade

dziabaq

Dears,

How to downgrade to 2.0.3 relase? I can't find old relase to download…
New 2.1 version sucks on my old machine ( Intel Celeron , 512MB RAM ) CPU activity is still at 80-90%
Old version ( 2.0.3 normal CPU activity was approx. 8-13%

please help...

stephenw10

Not all the mirrors have the 'old' directory:
http://files.bgn.pfsense.org/mirror/downloads/old/

However 2.1 is faster on most machines. What is the CPU doing? What are you doing with the box?

Steve

dziabaq

Hi,

It's hard to say, what CPU doing, because when I click Diagnosis -> CPU Activity, nothing happens ( empty window )

friendly regards
Jack

stephenw10

Well that's not a good sign.
Try running 'top -SH' at the command line.

What Celeron are you running?

Steve

kejianshi

Maybe instead of doing a downgrade, do a clean install of 2.1 and restore settings. I'd bet it will then work fine.

dziabaq

I run Celeron Coopermine ( Socket 370 ) 1000MHz…
But one hour ago, I found that CPU fan have failure. Radiator was overheated and fan stops. ( I do not have spare cpu fan for such old socket )
In that case, I decided to move on a "new" platform - Dell CPU Pentium 4 2.4GHz with 2GB RAM

For now everything works fine, even with 2.1-RELEASE (i386) ( on new PC )

thanks a lot

Jack