FreeBSD 2.2.9 Released

jdow jdow at earthlink.net
Sat Apr 1 22:12:11 UTC 2006


From: "Scott Long" <scottl at samsco.org>

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> It is my great pleasure and privilege to announce the availability of
> FreeBSD 2.2.9-RELEASE.  This release is the culmination of SEVENTY-SEVEN
> months of tireless work by the FreeBSD developers, users, their children,
> and their pets.  Significant features in this release:
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> - - XFree86 3.3.3, the industry leader in support for cutting edge PCI
>  graphics adapters and 2D acceleration.
> - - The 8GB barrier in IDE drive sizes has finally been broken.  The wd(4)
>  driver now supports unimaginable sizes of 137GB on a single drive!
> - - Support for all of the latest high-speed FAST-WIDE (20MB/s) SCSI-2
>  controllers.
> - - The Linux emulator is now able to run Quake2 out-of-the-box.
> 
> A full description of the release can be found here:
> 
>  ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/2.2.9-RELEASE/README.TXT
>  ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/2.2.9-RELEASE/RELNOTES.TXT

It won't boot on my Tyan K8W motherboard with two dual Opterons. What
should I do! I'm in a panic to get it back on the net. Withdrawal
symptoms are setting in. The trembling nifgers has beginned.

[@.@]



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