From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 9 17:46:56 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A137116A5BD for ; Tue, 9 May 2006 17:46:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Zimmerman.Eric@con-way.com) Received: from ljcqs154.cnf.com (mail-cluster.cnf.com [63.230.177.41]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CF5C43D58 for ; Tue, 9 May 2006 17:46:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Zimmerman.Eric@con-way.com) Received: from ljcqs154.cnf.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ljcqs154.cnf.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF4FF1C8861; Tue, 9 May 2006 10:46:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ciies004.conway.prod.con-way.com (cnfdcx-131-slb-01-in.cnf.com [10.0.108.131]) by ljcqs154.cnf.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC9651C86A2; Tue, 9 May 2006 10:46:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from qgaes001.conway.prod.con-way.com ([10.40.10.68]) by ciies004.conway.prod.con-way.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Tue, 9 May 2006 10:46:39 -0700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 12:46:38 -0500 Message-ID: <12AAD6CC50A25841834F43955F39B66E04390E5E@qgaes001.conway.prod.con-way.com> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Upgrading to 6.1 (cvsup) Thread-Index: AcZziwj4b/QOOVhVS1Sy90XmYSt/8gABWsmw From: "Zimmerman, Eric" To: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 09 May 2006 17:46:39.0327 (UTC) FILETIME=[865B8EF0:01C67390] X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Upgrading to 6.1 (cvsup) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 17:46:56 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of John Cruz > Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 12:06 PM > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Upgrading to 6.1 (cvsup) >=20 > So I want to upgrade to 6.1, but I've never used cvsup before and all > the documentation is confusing as can be. Would it be easier to download > the install mediums and do an upgrade install or is cvsup the better > way? if so how do I go about it? the hanbook page on this is somewhat > confusing, which is why i'm resorting to posts. >=20 > Thanks, Here is the process I use (just did it this morning). I gathered this from a few places and wrote it up for my own reference. Hope it helps http://mikestammer.com/doku.php?id=3Dupdateos