<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">upgrade to RC3 or Release</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> As with my situation , I ran out of writable DVD discs and decided to</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> upgrade to RC3 through the update manager....</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> was very painful....</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> Now things are significantly slower, but I will have to do more testing to</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> make sure... so far it's just the app-cafe downloading and installing stuff</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> Have not tested any applications yet</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> .</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> Took Ten hours to download, and about Two hours to install</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> In comparison of when I installed the Beta of PC-BSD I Downloaded from the</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> update manager, took only 45 mins and about 15 mins to install</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> which is quite curious because I can download the DVD Image in about 15-25</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> mins</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> Anyways most of these issues could be either Latency Issues between my PC</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> and the </span><a href="http://isc.org/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">isc.org</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> server (</span><a href="http://cicku.me/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">cicku.me</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> should NOT be default for updates!!!, as</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> it does not seem to have any and always crashes update manager!!!)</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> Or in the worse case scenario, since I am a very curious and quite</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">- Ignored:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> an adventurous man and do not trust virtual box to give me a real,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> accurate representation of how various different operating systems function</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> on my pc, I usually do Full Hardware Installs just to see how they are like</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> and maybe perhaps pick up some new nuanced skills :-D</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> So in short,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> Worst case scenario is that it could be my HDD dying from excessive</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> wiping(Re-Formatting)</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> But anyways, I would like to congratulate the entire PC-BSD Team for</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> bringing out another Quality RC!! and mention that I am very Grateful for</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> all their Hard work and Dedication :-D</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">