From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 20 16:49:05 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89A7416A40D for ; Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:49:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mail2arthur@gmail.com) Received: from gv-out-0910.google.com (gv-out-0910.google.com [216.239.58.185]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D68513C459 for ; Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:49:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mail2arthur@gmail.com) Received: by gv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id n40so395084gve.39 for ; Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:49:03 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:from:to:references:subject:date:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:x-priority:x-msmail-priority:x-mailer:x-mimeole; bh=WsAvuF8MKB+9s+C86CxZZgiqlmQxm/+z7NSD1yvRlDY=; b=jBE3rxgNLsVHiXhM56EqulYWcN3Kp3YTDxRlx0JgU4i1RzkVX4R3zV03jYoR3EOpPfvcnCNJ5opArLRzxywMkWchTeD+ayveGVVl0c1m3+3b2Z5f6CUrdzYftbR876M1I8FjQrDDnzT1HRGxi8CsxU/0xIRkTp4EBje9LJ5hWrI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:from:to:references:subject:date:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:x-priority:x-msmail-priority:x-mailer:x-mimeole; b=SS4sYbSrXUjN9SEL1iwWToXKKKEbCL5JAg0y9yYYGMuo8R9wHbirHah9uGpbw9zcvshlcLdFhPahak4SM2RUnYU1o88Kj7ZrgfnBrpprTskRKbkuNYCB7yGvsSPCl1A+/M0Cl48kY/+sr2bRFUDtuMS3GZwDm43LD5xyoKWW5NQ= Received: by 10.150.58.5 with SMTP id g5mr2817135yba.20.1203526142471; Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:49:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from cawnpr20310 ( [207.219.14.2]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id f13sm9041894qba.20.2008.02.20.08.49.01 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:49:01 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <001f01c873e0$7ecb9980$9b080f0a@usr.ingenico.loc> From: "arthur" To: "Jerry McAllister" , "Lone Wolf" , References: <20080220155427.GB55837@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <001301c873db$bcf9d1e0$9b080f0a@usr.ingenico.loc> <20080220161356.GA56028@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:48:56 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1506 Cc: Subject: Re: Is my hard ware sufficient? 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: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:49:05 -0000 Got it. Looks I will go with the floppy boot (don't want burn too many CD's, and burning CDRW is slower than boot from floppy). Thank you for the quick response. Arthur ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry McAllister" To: "arthur" Cc: "Jerry McAllister" ; "Lone Wolf" ; Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 11:13 AM Subject: Re: Is my hard ware sufficient? > On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 11:14:52AM -0500, arthur wrote: > > > > I normally just use the cd to load the installation programs - > > sysinstall - > > > and download everything over the net during installation. > > > > I have v6.2 cd but I am going to try 7.0, but I don't mind if the KDE/app is > > latest. > > > > So do you think I can: > > > > 1. boot with 6.2CD, run sysinstall, then install v7.0 over the network > > > > 2. install kde or other app to v7.0 installation from a 6.2 CD > > No. You really want to download the 7.0 ISO and burn it > and install the applications intended for that level. > You could make it work, but you don't want to. > > ////jerry > > > > > Thanks. > > > > Arthur > >