On 2011-12-21, Corey <clinge...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 12/20/2011 11:16 AM, Stuart Henderson wrote: >> >>> Then afterwards, can I check out the -current branch from CVS as >>> I do with -stable? i.e. # cvs -d$CVSROOT checkout -P src >>> Or am I not supposed to fetch& build -current at all? Would it >> You can checkout src if you want, but you don't have to, >> you can just install the binary sets just as you would for a release >> >>> be safer to just download the /snapshots/i386/install50.iso every >>> couple weeks and do a fresh install every time? I guess I will >> There's really no need for fresh installs, upgrades work very well >> >> No need for install*.iso either, just download a new bsd.rd and >> boot that from the boot loader (boot /bsd.rd) and do a network >> upgrade install >> > > Out of curiosity, is this more efficient and/or less loading on the > servers than downloading the iso (assuming one installs all sets)?
Doesn't make a lot of difference server-side but I know it's a lot easier for me to boot a different kernel and point it at a (possibly locally mirrored or pre-downloaded) set of files than it is to download an iso, burn a cd and boot from it - I imagine this is the case for most people.
