clean FreeBSD 5.3 work with DA?

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hi,
i read some posts about freebsd 5.3 and da. i need to setup 3 new servers with freebsd and DA, anyone know if i can install DA normally (as for 5.2) with freebsd 5.3?

i read guido for upgading to 5.2.1 to 5.3, but if i have clean installation i must touch something, or i just write /setup.sh ?

Regards, Matteo
 
the FreeBSD 5.1 DA should work fine, you may run into issues if your named is chrooted otherwise you should be fine.
 
I'm in the same position. I need to install two DA servers next week and I'm intending to use FreeBSD 5.3.

Would I be advised to take the safe supported option of 5.1 or use the FreeBSD latest release with DA?

Thanks,
Matt B
 
any info from official directadmin support team?
in how many time directadmin official support 5.3?
 
FreeBSD 5.2.1 is fully compatible and is a better option then 5.1, if you are nervous about trying 5.3 then use 5.2.1 for now.
 
Chrysalis said:
FreeBSD 5.2.1 is fully compatible and is a better option then 5.1, if you are nervous about trying 5.3 then use 5.2.1 for now.
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5.2.1 stop updates in 20 days :(
So the only real good option for freebsd and dual xeons is the 5.3.
I thing it is good time for a official info about the status of 5.3
 
I have a shiny new dell 1750 sitting here waiting for an operating system....... Should I go 4.10 or 5.3 -- what do you guys think?
 
blueice yes you are right then this is a big issue that needs addressing by directadmin, 5.3 does work with directadmin but only with changes made it wont out of the box. So I guess unless you are really fluent with FreeBSD then go with 4.10.
 
Thanks for your replies.

I'd really like to use FreeBSD 5.3 if I can.

What modifications are necessary?

Matthew
 
DA team install?

Maybe a good way to get this going is for a few of us to get a FreeBSD 5.3 box up and running and then have DA do their free install on it.

This might clue them in that they could/should make a 5.3 release with only those minor mods that are posted in that other thread.

I'm in for one box.:D

anyone else?
 
I am installing 5.3 today and will take it over to the data center and install DA tomorrow. Fingers crossed.
 
Re: DA team install?

Yep, me too. I've got a spare box that I'd be willing to put forward.

motobrandt said:
Maybe a good way to get this going is for a few of us to get a FreeBSD 5.3 box up and running and then have DA do their free install on it.

This might clue them in that they could/should make a 5.3 release with only those minor mods that are posted in that other thread.

I'm in for one box.:D

anyone else?
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Hello,

Thanks for the email. We've just purchased a few more build systems for the office and we'll do an official 5.3 compile/installer. (Other one is for fedora 3).

The current release of DA for freebsd 5.x *is* setup to fit on a 5.3 system, but the binary itself is still compiled for a 5.1 machine, hence we're going to start fresh to iron out the kinks.

I know a few people have got it to work with the current release, so it is possible.

John
 
John, do you have any ETA on the new FreeBSD 5.3 packages? I want to upgrade my FreeBSD 5.2.1 boxes to 5.3 as soon as possible, however it'd be nice if we could use binaries compiled for 5.3 (especially of DA itself) :)
 
Here are the problems so far.

MySQL is not running after installation. It looks like it did not get installed at all as there is no conf file or executeable. I can't find any error logs telling me why it failed though......

It also looks like I will have ftp and dns issues based on these logs.

Dec 11 10:22:50 www9 named[2800]: starting BIND 9.3.0
Dec 11 10:22:50 www9 named[2800]: none:0: open: /etc/namedb/rndc.key: file not found
Dec 11 10:22:50 www9 named[2800]: couldn't add command channel 127.0.0.1#953: file not found
Dec 11 10:22:50 www9 named[2800]: none:0: open: /etc/namedb/rndc.key: file not found
Dec 11 10:22:50 www9 named[2800]: couldn't add command channel ::1#953: file not found
Dec 11 10:22:50 www9 named[2800]: zone 0.0.127.IN-ADDR.ARPA/IN: loading master file master/localhost.rev: file not found
Dec 11 10:22:50 www9 named[2800]: zone 1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.IP6.ARPA/IN: loading master file master/localhost-v6.rev: file not found
Dec 11 10:22:50 www9 named[2800]: zone 1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.IP6.INT/IN: loading master file master/localhost-v6.rev: file not found
Dec 11 10:23:00 www9 proftpd[2811]: www9.leadasp.com - ProFTPD 1.2.9 (stable) (built Mon Jan 19 16:05:43 MST 2004) standalone mode STARTUP
Dec 11 10:23:20 www9 proftpd[2836]: www9.leadasp.com - Failed binding to 0.0.0.0, port 21: Address already in use
Dec 11 10:23:20 www9 proftpd[2836]: www9.leadasp.com - Check the ServerType directive to ensure you are configured correctly.
 
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I am at the give up stage with installing on 5.3. Mysql did not get installed at all and unless I am blind, there are no logs showing me why. I guess I will wait until DA figures out a 5.3 version because I know I can install mysql through ports and make it work, but that would just make me nervous later on when upgrading.
 
Are you going to revert to 5.2.1? I've noticed that is supported.

I presume it is possible to upgrade to 5.3 later, when it's officially supported?
 
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