From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 31 9: 0: 6 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from eris.quintessential.com (ns1.quintessential.com [209.98.180.202]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D8B415C7D for ; Wed, 31 Mar 1999 09:00:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wood@eris.quintessential.com) Received: from localhost (wood@localhost) by eris.quintessential.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with SMTP id LAA20728; Wed, 31 Mar 1999 11:01:58 -0600 (CST) Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 11:01:58 -0600 (CST) From: Brian Woodruff To: r@pluto.sr.se Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: 3.1 UNstable In-Reply-To: <19990331180338.A40159@sr.se> 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 Wed, 31 Mar 1999, Gunnar Flygt wrote: > On Wed, Mar 31, 1999 at 09:02:26AM -0600, Brian D. Woodruff wrote: > > >> > > > >> >> If you want to get 3.1-RELEASE or 3.1-STABLE (which is currently a link > > >> >> back to 3.1-RELEASE), you MUST use the floppy disks for 3.1-RELEASE, > > >> > > > >> >I don't want to belittle you or the troubles you've had with > > >> >this, but I think there's a point that's worth making here. > > >> > > > >> >When installing some new OS, you should always use the bits and > > >> >pieces that belong to that version of the OS. This is basic > > >> >stuff for anybody who wants to retain their sanity and applies > > >> >to all OSes, not just FreeBSD. > > >> > > >> Every version of FreeBSD I've ever used comes with a program called > > >> /stand/sysinstall which has an option called "upgrade". This option doesn't > > >> work if you're upgrading to 3.1 from *any* prior version, including 3.0. If > > > > > >I made my upgrade from 3.0-RELEASE -> 3.1-RELEASE using the 3.1 floppies > > >and the option UPGRADE in sysinstall No problems! I've NEVER had any > > >problems using the right floppies and the upgrade choice, except from my > > >home box, which had a lot of installs not made from the ports. > > > > maybe installing from floppies is different from installing off the net? > > comments? > > I didn't install from floppies. I just started the installation with the > 3.1-RELEASE boot floppies. The rest went on from ftp! oh! yes - this is precicely the only way to get 3.1 - I thought I made that clear in my post! BDW > > -- > __o > regards, Gunnar ---_ \<,_ > email: flygt@sr.se ---- (_)/ (_) > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message