FWIW, a datapoint.

[Gary Kline]

On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 06:22:22PM -0400, Michael Powell wrote:
> Gary Kline wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Hopefully no one will face this, but the only way around getting
> > past pcbsd seems to be via an over-the-wire upgrade.  The
> > 8.0-bootonly.iso for the i386 failed to boot.  About two hours
> > ago tho i was able to csup ports from its 07jan to 10may status.
> > Next I will pull over the stable-cvsup stuff and see if I can
> > fire off a build.   hope this works.  the kybd is hard to use.
> > [etc.]
> > 
> 
> I put a PCBSD install on an unused space on my drive. Back when I did it the 
> FreeBSD 8.0 version was still in beta, and that is what I installed. The 
> current state of affairs is now release status with FreeBSD 8.0 P2.
> 
> I haven't seen it or used it in a while now. When I installed it I did not 
> install any of the extra addon software packages, but rather installed the 
> ports system and proceeded to csup it to current status. I then used the 
> ports system to install any additional stuff I wanted. Generally speaking it 
> was a fairly positive experience in that by and large mostly everything 
> "Just Worked". Seeing the Flash support already installed and functioning in 
> Firefox was surprising, to say the least.
> 
> Since the install comes with KDE 4.3.5 and I want to upgrade it to 4.4.x I 
> will be giving portupgrade another go around. I had used portupgrade to 
> successfully update all ports once before and it worked as it normally would 
> on a regular (non PCBSD) install of Freebsd. FWIW, by not installing 
> anything (except the base install which includes KDE,etc) using the PCBSD 
> software installer utilizing the normal methods of installing with the ports 
> system and maintenance with portupgrade seems to work just as it would on a 
> normal FreeBSD install.
> 
> When I get adventurous I'll see how it does with the KDE 4.4.x upgrade one 
> of these days. Have been waiting for the dust to settle there. As to why 
> your bootonly or LiveCD CD's have problems booting, that is probably a 
> separate issue. But I did notice the PCBSD install is using GPT labeling for 
> it's partition labels. 
> 
> -Mike
>  
> 



	well, still same on my laptop after days of trying to fix the
	"thinkpad keyboard" that made the box all but unusable.  xev
	thinks the caps lock is a left control key.   i have given
	up for now.  {yes, having flash is a feature and/or a
	surprise, but not quite doing w/out the capslock!}

	gary


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