RE: a few questions

[Roelof Wobben <rwobben%hotmail.com@localhost>]

Thanks for all the help.

Unfortanly I have already installed version 5.2.1

 

Can I easily upgrade to 6.0 beta2.

Can I install Xorg modular with pkgin ?

 

Roelof



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> Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 11:05:30 -0400
> From: levitch%iglou.com@localhost
> To: gnrp%komkon2.de@localhost
> CC: rwobben%hotmail.com@localhost; netbsd-users%netbsd.org@localhost
> Subject: Re: a few questions
>
>
> On Tue, 10 Jul 2012, Julian Djamil Fagir wrote:
>
> >>
> >> Thanks for the info. I will read it and wait till 6.0 is ready. I think
> >> with my none exesting experience of NetBSD it's not wise to install a beta
> >> version.
> >
> > It's mainly a few bugs that are preventing release. If you don't encounter
> > one of these bugs, you should be fine with the beta as well.
> >
> >
> > Regards, Julian
> >
>
> I agree with Julian. The beta is okay. I installed it and also tested
> rebuilding the system. Also tested New Packet Filter, which is still a
> bit buggy but runs reliably and I have run nmap against it with
> satisfactory results for IPv4 and IPv6- more than IPFilter has done after
> all of these years.
>
> I am still experimenting, but here is the simple setup that I chose for
> NetBSD with less space, and my selections for FreeBSD do not differ very
> much either- to address one of the original parameters of this thread:
>
> / 660M 54% used
> /tmp 135M 0% of tmpfs
> /var 565M 8% used
> /usr 29g 22% used
> /home 127M 2% used
> /private 5g 0% used
>
> That is very basic and I am currently tweaking my thoughts with regards to
> /tmp and /var- specifically considering subpartioning var into /var/crash
> and the like. Also perhaps /usr/obj, /usr/pkgsrc, /usr/src, /usr/tools,
> and /usr/xsrc.
>
> Darrel