[PC-BSD Testing] 8.0 ALPHA for your inspection

[Kris Moore]

Opps, thanks for reminding me of that. I should have remember to put it
in the e-mail I sent. The nvidia drivers don't work yet, am waiting for
FBSD 8.0-Release to hit before I regen them all. Also the PBIs aren't
included, so optional components wont work just yet. I will also
start building PBIs once 8.0-Rel hits, that way they are built
on the final ABI.


--
Kris Moore
PC-BSD Software

On Sat, 5 Sep 2009, Bill Leeper wrote:

> OK, a couple of problems right off the bat. First, the nVidia drivers
> are a no go for me. I get to the configuration screen and select my
> settings. When I click on apply I get the normal box about testing the
> settings and I then get the black text screen. After a few seconds I
> get an error message.   link_elf: Symbol dev2unit undefined and then
> the system reboots. It does boot just fine if I select the nv driver.
> I tried the latest three nVidia drivers in the list and the all give
> the same error message. Second, it doesn't look like any of the
> programs I selected to install during the installation process
> actually installed. Also, up date manager says it can't connect to the
> server.
>
> On a positive note this alpha provided the incentive I needed to blow
> away my Windows 7 RC install. Thanks for that at least Kris.   :-)
>
>
> On Sep 5, 2009, at 7:38 AM, Kris Moore wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Testers,
>>
>> We've gotten a PC-BSD 8.0 ALPHA ISO to the point where the brave can
>> begin to take a look at some of it's
>> new features, and test out the new FreeBSD 8 on your hardware. This
>> release is for 32bit only, after FreeBSD 8.0
>> is released we'll begin the amd64 builds as well. Also, we have not
>> begun to build the PBI tree for 8.0, and will
>> do so after FreeBSD 8.0 releases. However, you can still install 7.x
>> PBIs on 8.0, but they may not all
>> perform properly.
>>
>> *WARNING* *WARNING* *WARNING*
>>
>> This is obviously a very early alpha build, so expect plenty of bugs
>> and missing features. This is mainly
>> a release for previewing what's to come, we will begin a more
>> serious bug hunt after we finish implementing all
>> the new features for 8.0.
>>
>> *WARNING* *WARNING* *WARNING*
>>
>>
>> Download Link:
>>
>> ftp://ftp.pcbsd.org/pub/alpha-iso/x32/
>>
>> (You may wish to use a FTP client that supports resuming for this
>> download)
>>
>>
>> -- Changes implemented already --
>>
>> * Built on FreeBSD 8.0-BETA2
>>
>> * Includes KDE 4.3.1 / QT 4.5.2
>>
>> * ISO Changes
>>   - Support for running in Installation or LIVE mode to try out PC-
>> BSD straight from disk
>>
>> * New Software Manager
>>   - Web-based software browser
>>   - Download & Install PBIs in the background
>>   - Background updating of PBIs
>>   - Mirror Selection / Customization options
>>   - Automated system update installation
>>   - Re-create desktop icons for applications
>>
>> * PBI Improvements
>>   - Using xdg-desktop* utilities for mime / kmenu icon installation
>>   - Scripts to re-create desktop / kmenu / mime icons anytime after
>> installation
>>
>>
>>
>> -- Changes still needing to be merged in --
>>
>> * Brand new System Installer
>>   - Supports installing PC-BSD Desktop/Server and FreeBSD Vanilla
>>   - Supports scriptable installation
>>
>> * Backup / Recovery tool
>>
>> --
>> Kris Moore
>> PC-BSD Software
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