From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 27 17:21:40 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA13277 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 17:21:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cerberos.nswcc.org.au (cerberos.nswcc.org.au [203.9.71.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id RAA13272 for ; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 17:21:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from davids@nswcc.org.au) Received: (from mail@localhost) by cerberos.nswcc.org.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) id MAA07294 for ; Thu, 28 Jan 1999 12:21:33 +1100 Received: from pluto.nswcc.org.au(203.9.70.1) by cerberos.nswcc.org.au via smap (V1.3) id sma007283; Thu Jan 28 12:21:29 1999 Received: from davids (davids.nswcc.org.au [203.9.68.228]) by moredun.nswcc.org.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id MAA03294 for ; Thu, 28 Jan 1999 12:21:28 +1100 From: david schanzer Reply-To: To: Subject: Query re. upgrading FreeBSD over older version Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 12:17:30 +1100 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2377.0 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I plan to upgrade from v2.0 to v2.2.8, and I need to confirm one thing: Given that the hardware on the machine is unchanged, does that mean that, after booting from the Installation Boot Disk, I can quit out of the UserConfig utility without resolving the hardware conflicts or doing the hardware probe, and just go straight onto the installation proper? Thanks for your help. Regards, David Schanzer NSW Cancer Council Sydney, Australia. -----Original Message----- From: Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 1999 4:13 PM To: 'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org' Subject: Query re. upgrading from 2.0 to 2.2.8 As a relative newbie to FreeBSD, I am planning on upgrading 3 machines from v2.0 to v2.2.8, and I am a little confused by the instructions relating to this. The document at: ftp://ftp.au.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.8-RELEASE/UPGRADE.TXT states that "Upgrading of a distribution is performed by extracting the new version of the component over the top of the previous version." I want to upgrade the BIN and MANPAGES distributions. Does mean that I go about this in the "normal" way (ie. boot from a FreeBSD Installation Boot Disk and follow the procedure for installing a new system), or do I use the "install.sh" script while booted in single-user mode, or something else? If I follow the "normal" way of installing a new system (ie. booted from the Installation Boot Disk), then at what point does the installation procedure differ from one on which there isn't an old version of FreeBSD on the system? Sorry for the dumb questions, but I need to be confident before I attempt this! Please email responses to: davids@nswcc.org.au Thanks for your help. Regards, David Schanzer Senior Systems Analyst NSW Cancer Council Sydney, Australia. ''' (0 0) +-----oOO----(_)--------------+ | David Schanzer | | NSW Cancer Council | | Tel: (02) 9334-1832 | | Fax: (02) 9334-1741 | | Email: davids@nswcc.org.au | +--------------------oOO------+ |__|__| || || ooO Ooo "The information contained in this message is intended for the named addressee only, and is confidential to the sender and intended recipient. If you are not the named addressee please do not copy, distribute, take any action reliant on, or disclose anything in this E-mail message to any other person or organisation. If you have received this message in error please notify me immediately." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message