404 for 15.1-RELEASE Installation Instructions

[rwv37]

The "Installation Instructions" link for 15.1-RELEASE given on the main site's "Release Information" page goes to a 404 error.

I'm guessing there's a chance that it's expected to be there soon. But even if so, it seems like maybe when a release is being made, "create the installation instructions page" should be done as a step that comes before "publish the release", or at least before "publish links to the release's installation instructions". So, forgive me, but I decided to just post this thread right away, rather than waiting for some indeterminate amount of time before deciding that the fact that it's missing seems like it's almost certainly not expected.

 

[victort]

Hmmm. It worked a half hour ago. Now it’s not.

 

[Charlie_]

The installation notes have been removed.

⚙ D57517 15.1: Installation note -> Upgrading note

reviews.freebsd.org

Here's an alternative.

FreeBSD 15.1-RELEASE Upgrading Instructions

www.freebsd.org

 

[astyle]

Release date is supposed to be June 16th (at least the official announcement is supposed to have that timestamp. I'd suggest waiting another 8 hours from timestamp of my post, then the links should be pointing to correct locations.

It's 10:10 pm on June 15th for me right now, and I'm on West Coast US.

 

[lanin]

The link is working again.

I just successfully updated two workstations (15.0 --> 15.1)

 

[victort]

If using pkgbase, make sure to update the kmods repo as well as the base repo. If not, you might have issues when rebooting.

 

[SirDice]

I would suggest disabling the DRM driver during the upgrade. That way it won't interfere or cause problems during the upgrade. Once you have the base OS completely upgraded you can focus on upgrading packages, including any from the kmods repositories.

 

[drhowarddrfine]

I would suggest disabling the DRM driver during the upgrade.

This is what I had to do though I actually uninstalled it and reinstalled after going through the rest of the upgrade process cause 15.1 would only start with a page fault.