Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 21:24:26 -0400 From: "Andrew C. Hornback" <achornback@worldnet.att.net> To: "Dru" <genisis@istar.ca> Cc: "Jonathan M.Slivko" <jslivko@4evermail.com>, <jacks@sage-american.com>, <mirandaj@team.ph.inter.net>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Where is sysinstall? Message-ID: <007e01c156aa$761066e0$6600000a@columbia> In-Reply-To: <20011016212615.X7629-100000@x1-6-00-50-ba-de-36-33.kico1.on.home.com>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Dru > Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 9:28 PM > To: Andrew C. Hornback > Cc: Jonathan M.Slivko; jacks@sage-american.com; > mirandaj@team.ph.inter.net; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: RE: Where is sysinstall? > > On Tue, 16 Oct 2001, Andrew C. Hornback wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Jonathan > > > M.Slivko > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 9:11 PM > > > To: Andrew C. Hornback > > > Cc: jacks@sage-american.com; mirandaj@team.ph.inter.net; > > > freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > > Subject: Re: Where is sysinstall? > > > > > > Have you tried running the /stand/sysinstall from the old > system and then > > > upgrading from there? Theoretically, that should work as well > > > too. -- Jonathan > > > > I haven't, as INSTALL.TXT on the CD specifically warns against that. > > > > I may try it for grins, but I'd like to get an answer about > this. Either > > the CD distribution is wrong, or INSTALL.TXT is wrong. > > If memory serves me correctly, I read before that you go into your current > sysinstall, go to the Options section, and change the Release name to the > release you want to upgrade to. Never tried it myself, though. This makes since, because if sysinstall can't find the proper media for the version you're asking to install, it complains. I'll keep this in mind if I do that. Thanks, --- Andy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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