From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 5 16: 2: 9 2001 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 5 16:02:07 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp.hccnet.nl (smtp.hccnet.nl [193.172.127.93]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8AF137B400 for ; Fri, 5 Jan 2001 16:02:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from parmenides.utp.net by smtp.hccnet.nl via uds116-123.dial.hccnet.nl [193.173.123.116] with ESMTP id BAA25991 (8.8.5/1.13); Sat, 6 Jan 2001 01:02:05 +0100 (MET) Received: by parmenides.utp.net (Postfix, from userid 1005) id 3A1B814D; Sat, 6 Jan 2001 01:01:10 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by parmenides.utp.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0357812E; Sat, 6 Jan 2001 01:01:10 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2001 01:01:09 +0100 (CET) From: Janko van Roosmalen To: fpassera@freesurf.fr Cc: Janko van Roosmalen , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: An upgrade from FreeBSD-4.0-RELEASE to FreeBSD-4.2-RELEASE In-Reply-To: <20010105142156.722D29B03@mail.freesurf.fr> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 5 Jan 2001 fpassera@freesurf.fr wrote: > I guess the 1) is possible only if you have the full set of CDs. I just > have the 1st CD (made from the ISO image) and did not find the source > (actually in /src there are files with .aa .ab etc. and I suppose these are > compressed files). Am I wrong ? Yes they are compressed files, and you can install them using "/stand/sysinstall" and choosing the sources distribution. > > > You could have done the following to speed up the downloading part: > > > > 1) Install the source from your 4.0-RELEASE CDROM > > 2) run cvsup with a CVSup file with the 4.0 release tag, > > 3) change the tag to 4.2 release and re-cvsup. > ===Janko van Roosmalen - Vught - Netherlands=== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message