fred.marshlabs.gaertner.de is now running
DragonflyBSD-5.8.1, a bugfix release from three days ago.
quick builds did the job. Total time for this
source upgrade including everthing from git pull to
merging /etc files, rebooting, updating pkgs, and a
final make initrd: some 45min.
fred is an Intel E6550 Core2 Duo CPU with exactly
that: 2 cores, running at 2.33GHz, has 4 GB RAM, and 230 GB
spinning rust.