FreeBSD 7.2-RC1 Available

Jon Holstrom jon at web-tricks.net
Fri Apr 17 18:16:41 UTC 2009


Got it on Vista Home 64 & VMware server
Two CPU's & two gigs of ram.
Works grate so far. fast too

On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:15:03 -0400
 Ken Smith <kensmith at cse.Buffalo.EDU> wrote:
> 
> The first of two planned Release Candidates for the
> FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE
> cycle is now available.  Testing of some of the recent
> work would be
> particularly appreciated.  This includes:
> 
> 	- bce(4) updated (there is a report that lagg(4) does
> 	  not work after the update, fixing that may need to be
> 	  done as an Errata Notice after the release)
> 	- testing of the threading libraries
> 	- amr(4) should be fixed
> 
> A fix for the "vm_page_insert: page already inserted"
> panics has been
> committed to RELENG_7_1 this morning so it missed the
> 7.2-RC1 builds.
> If you wind up being hit by that you can try a normal
> source based
> update to the current state of RELENG_7_1 and that
> problem should go
> away.
> 
> We have slipped by two days at this point but otherwise
> are on track
> with the target release schedule which is here:
> 
>   http://www.freebsd.org/releases/7.2R/schedule.html
> 
> We continue to watch for problems both on the mailing
> lists and in Gnats
> but at this point we know of nothing we consider
> show-stopper calibre.
> Unless something that bad does surface as a result of
> 7.2-RC1 testing we
> should be sticking to the schedule.
> 
> The ISO images and FTP install trees are available on the
> FreeBSD Mirror
> sites. Using the primary site as an example:
> 
>
  ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/${arch}/ISO-IMAGES/7.2/
> 
> where ${arch} is one of amd64 i386, ia64, pc98, or
> sparc64.  The
> builds for powerpc are still in progress, it should
> become available
> in a day or two.
> 
> Checksums for the ISO images are at the bottom of this
> message.  The
> amd64 and i386 sets include a *preliminary* set of
> packages.
> 
> If you would like to do a source-based update to 7.2-RC1
> from an
> already installed machine you can update your tree to
> RELENG_7_1 using
> normal cvsup/csup methods.
> 
> The freebsd-update(8) utility supports binary upgrades of
> i386 and amd64
> systems running earlier FreeBSD releases.  Systems
> running 7.0-RELEASE,
> 7.1-RELEASE, or 7.2-BETA1 can upgrade as follows:
>   
> # freebsd-update upgrade -r 7.2-RC1
> 
> During this process, FreeBSD Update may ask the user to
> help by merging
> some configuration files or by confirming that the
> automatically performed
> merging was done correctly.
>   
> # freebsd-update install
> 
> The system must be rebooted with the newly installed
> kernel before continuing.
> # shutdown -r now
>    
> After rebooting, freebsd-update needs to be run again to
> install the new
> userland components, and the system needs to be rebooted
> again:
> 
> # freebsd-update install
> # shutdown -r now
> 
> Users of earlier FreeBSD releases (FreeBSD 6.x) can also
> use freebsd-update to
> upgrade to FreeBSD 7.2-RC1, but will be prompted to
> rebuild all third-party
> applications (e.g., anything installed from the ports
> tree) after the second
> invocation of "freebsd-update install", in order to
> handle differences in the
> system libraries between FreeBSD 6.x and FreeBSD 7.x.
> 
> 
> Checksums:
> 
> MD5 (7.2-RC1-amd64-bootonly.iso) =
> 2e4474ca4924ac589adf600b1d7d7168
> MD5 (7.2-RC1-amd64-disc1.iso) =
> 47e1a823636dec2e8a88e2d4794d87da
> MD5 (7.2-RC1-amd64-disc2.iso) =
> 6761b5cf2ac2d8399c28b58ccdddb2a5
> MD5 (7.2-RC1-amd64-disc3.iso) =
> 02c798036ed43f4f346518d584783a72
> MD5 (7.2-RC1-amd64-docs.iso) =
> ece13f382c308ce05f7dfc1aef4d0a62
> MD5 (7.2-RC1-amd64-dvd1.iso) =
> 2a25cc807849fa2987c032c87053c8e9
> MD5 (7.2-RC1-amd64-livefs.iso) =
> fbff690090c9cf3d5cf1b07b6c019b40
> 
> MD5 (7.2-RC1-i386-bootonly.iso) =
> 85783d47f3d03dcdd6859cbe94fa41e2
> MD5 (7.2-RC1-i386-disc1.iso) =
> 4ef516f7fa88ab6a6f67f6fba3e9e86e
> MD5 (7.2-RC1-i386-disc2.iso) =
> f5bf94273f64f4e4f968322990bd32eb
> MD5 (7.2-RC1-i386-disc3.iso) =
> 634cce798ea17117a009f53e07dadda0
> MD5 (7.2-RC1-i386-docs.iso) =
> 2b019c24576c03c382bd3748baeb473b
> MD5 (7.2-RC1-i386-dvd1.iso) =
> ed88046ecae36fd1dd12157534243106
> MD5 (7.2-RC1-i386-livefs.iso) =
> 81637ca4b1668ff44047fe4b6fc71447
> 
> MD5 (7.2-RC1-ia64-bootonly.iso) =
> 414bf45bbbae757dff03acea5484635f
> MD5 (7.2-RC1-ia64-disc1.iso) =
> 0f26204eaa8c63a37b34ef0101dcb278
> MD5 (7.2-RC1-ia64-disc2.iso) =
> cc206f814e5da015042485bfe5c30605
> MD5 (7.2-RC1-ia64-disc3.iso) =
> 3888415a65514805546d8ad50cf0f650
> MD5 (7.2-RC1-ia64-docs.iso) =
> 07c5c83f05248f7b7dec7e210e2cbf9e
> MD5 (7.2-RC1-ia64-livefs.iso) =
> df5ffb89ae0a5e9aea8cc12a75c0d14a
> 
> MD5 (7.2-RC1-pc98-bootonly.iso) =
> b4b0b16bc0afa9ce734d1c4a303fc13c
> MD5 (7.2-RC1-pc98-disc1.iso) =
> 33dd272b30bab2f1ad2a3455a177c3b5
> MD5 (7.2-RC1-pc98-livefs.iso) =
> 7ffda81d7d91bb91db202de7c30afadd
> 
> MD5 (7.2-RC1-sparc64-bootonly.iso) =
> a220e5318eb10e4ff3b6c783d76a1b28
> MD5 (7.2-RC1-sparc64-disc1.iso) =
> c23469659332723ce600073611497f52
> MD5 (7.2-RC1-sparc64-docs.iso) =
> 96fc98f8ac071a5942fc25fa4ab940eb
> 
> SHA256 (7.2-RC1-amd64-bootonly.iso) =
>
9e4786270b12f5fff34e063edbc05b995f2b539c2931a26020153d5e603da9cd
> SHA256 (7.2-RC1-amd64-disc1.iso) =
>
a4c707c20dc3b0e33ab8bdd5408e03b31481115147643bcd65c49a322b956e68
> SHA256 (7.2-RC1-amd64-disc2.iso) =
>
5fde245f11064c2033bfbf1c40f8c62a1c204a8e0cadc7be2f105823b3c1da16
> SHA256 (7.2-RC1-amd64-disc3.iso) =
>
85858d70199b1705d3e8d8e1770a65c64da63089dc122462a900040833e66479
> SHA256 (7.2-RC1-amd64-docs.iso) =
>
620b57e6db73097755aacf73a2746a2ef70a1bcc3f054813caf95c0a3d8865c2
> SHA256 (7.2-RC1-amd64-dvd1.iso) =
>
a24ce789c6f72d1189c70df4982bdc6eb79f5227a4706df0f784b001d30c68e1
> SHA256 (7.2-RC1-amd64-livefs.iso) =
>
b2145383bac00cf73a81242dc89ee5c68ccb00c2011e57724e9e786d429b8c23
> 
> SHA256 (7.2-RC1-i386-bootonly.iso) =
>
1b56aca9f0647b2f321524326240f17b05cc9a4f5e83adde7f71a09b9b9d01ab
> SHA256 (7.2-RC1-i386-disc1.iso) =
>
d96d670172fbc7405e529e9c47f4aa72c96c704bbdf8fac9ac77662f17f49888
> SHA256 (7.2-RC1-i386-disc2.iso) =
>
b38cb7d48e8aae2fff142f8165c62fa61290d08e3fa75ce9c3fd035871f6e40c
> SHA256 (7.2-RC1-i386-disc3.iso) =
>
bb4d39117210d9884fcef3c9936d1be72db06544ae696607ca9c082c6b4fdda7
> SHA256 (7.2-RC1-i386-docs.iso) =
>
8b84fc57e727f7b085a909965c5d765bb23dea9828fff706e55068e997f8719c
> SHA256 (7.2-RC1-i386-dvd1.iso) =
>
aca822e5b4dd096f4a7d51dc912cddca005ce0983853e99cf12506b40403289e
> SHA256 (7.2-RC1-i386-livefs.iso) =
>
dddef3930777027de4b2faf09be83560266efe7b47e51ed62a630b683ca1acdb
> 
> SHA256 (7.2-RC1-ia64-bootonly.iso) =
>
7187248fc225b020177301fdc435e52b73a41ee0ab145aa0249770a1386fa891
> SHA256 (7.2-RC1-ia64-disc1.iso) =
>
fac482f9bf93a0fac8f6ab89d8a89b047e4861a023b1f14d8067163560795c36
> SHA256 (7.2-RC1-ia64-disc2.iso) =
>
95e182b4c0c6f7e8179e1fe568c0804a9f352c83beeea330a0664849071ff4d6
> SHA256 (7.2-RC1-ia64-disc3.iso) =
>
2100105114f26421d90bf13d6d1f417b837835102635c8af5048baf3867b1da0
> SHA256 (7.2-RC1-ia64-docs.iso) =
>
615cf4afdf30dbaa3fef58f0a15ff769502e1316b70c7657efd3d2af4d402385
> SHA256 (7.2-RC1-ia64-livefs.iso) =
>
92f06a856143dd59108de23d23dcc49c04ee136d461630f1754d2455ebde0343
> 
> SHA256 (7.2-RC1-pc98-bootonly.iso) =
>
2dd4b6e61f7ed9d99cac26ed9ab3203d4ae7a2086cc4ac9efbe7260e8c94592e
> SHA256 (7.2-RC1-pc98-disc1.iso) =
>
31de5cc66e5df83668d54ef8a1bc28cc85f4763bb955a516fb214333b2182062
> SHA256 (7.2-RC1-pc98-livefs.iso) =
>
256a80ae9b19b3c766f1200e2ef127c7d6be5b2064e24b882c239746147cf922
> 
> SHA256 (7.2-RC1-sparc64-bootonly.iso) =
>
cd3575d870d85dce59a7c964798569c5b2b135a15697f914490260c90d854e25
> SHA256 (7.2-RC1-sparc64-disc1.iso) =
>
f6464477b96eb79cac87fab60a311af2b59d7d685247e44beef24b32b45ce761
> SHA256 (7.2-RC1-sparc64-docs.iso) =
>
51c97434a16c30169083a6220f7b6493c1404cacf7abb412caba24e88b686a21
> 
> -- 
>                                                 Ken Smith
> - From there to here, from here to      |
>       kensmith at cse.buffalo.edu
>   there, funny things are everywhere.   |
>                       - Theodore Geisel |
> 



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