From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 28 20:46:50 2005 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 4940316A41F for ; Wed, 28 Sep 2005 20:46:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from akbeech@gmail.com) Received: from vfemail.net (miwi2dsl-a234.wi.tds.net [216.170.248.235]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C832B43D49 for ; Wed, 28 Sep 2005 20:46:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from akbeech@gmail.com) Received: (qmail 61017 invoked by uid 85); 28 Sep 2005 20:46:46 -0000 Received: from akbeech@gmail.com by mail.vfemail.net by uid 0 with qmail-scanner-1.16 (clamscan: 0.75.1. spamassassin: 2.63. Clear:. Processed in 1.265089 secs); 28 Sep 2005 20:46:46 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.2.200?) (alaska@vfemail.net@209.124.141.64) by miwi2dsl-a234.wi.tds.net with RC4-MD5 encrypted SMTP; 28 Sep 2005 20:46:45 -0000 From: Beecher Rintoul Organization: NorthWind Communications To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 12:46:23 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.2 References: <5C5E48C4-7882-4064-BE4D-D99A64E583AC@redry.net> In-Reply-To: <5C5E48C4-7882-4064-BE4D-D99A64E583AC@redry.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart2629711.mRzutSp8FK"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200509281246.36617.akbeech@gmail.com> Cc: eoghan Subject: Re: upgrading 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, 28 Sep 2005 20:46:50 -0000 --nextPart2629711.mRzutSp8FK Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Wednesday 28 September 2005 12:28 pm, eoghan wrote: > Hello > Im going to do a fresh install of 5.3 over the weekend, then id like > to upgrade to 5.4. My reasons for upgrading are: ill have to do it > some time or another and I cant always rely on having my trusty dvd > with me. So, the question is: what is the best way to do an upgrade? > I figure ill do the install, make sure its all ok, and before I go > ahead and install anything ill upgrade. I did hear people say that > using the sysinstall isnt the way to go - maybe or maybe not? So any > opinions here on how it should be done would be appreciated. To save yourself some time, just boot from your disk change the tag in the= =20 options screen to 5.4-RELEASE and do a net install. No need to start from=20 5.3. Beech =2D-=20 =2D------------------------------------------------------------------------= =2D------------- Beech Rintoul - System Administrator - akbeech@gmail.com /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | NorthWind Communications \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | 201 East 9th Avenue Ste.310 X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Anchorage, AK 99501 / \=20 =2D------------------------------------------------------------------------= =2D------------- --nextPart2629711.mRzutSp8FK Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBDOwEsVq19LUoGB+MRAsZHAJoDE+mmQrtzj6DgXvTcGAmxKct46wCgpx/6 fequy3LbBgGSqKJ57ghRmUc= =TdVT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2629711.mRzutSp8FK--