From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 4 12:39:57 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA17400 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 12:39:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from violet.csi.cam.ac.uk (violet.csi.cam.ac.uk [131.111.8.58]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA17355 for ; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 12:38:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ssb22@hermes.cam.ac.uk) Received: from ssb22.joh.cam.ac.uk ([131.111.142.162] helo=ssb22) by violet.csi.cam.ac.uk with smtp (Exim 2.05 #3) id 108VY4-0007Yb-00 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 20:38:52 +0000 From: "Silas S. Brown" Organization: St John's College, Cambridge University To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 20:38:56 +0000 Subject: Newbie: How do I upgrade? Message-Id: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I have a CD-ROM distribution of FreeBSD 2.2.6 and I want to upgrade to the latest stable version. However, I can't find any 'dummy' instructions that tell me how to do this. There are various references to installing the source and (horror of horrors) compiling your own kernel (something which I probably don't have enough disk space for even if I did have a clue), but I can't find anything that says "to upgrade to the latest binaries, type this". Am I supposed to re-install the whole thing? Would installing as though for the first time destroy my existing data and/or configuration? Or am I supposed to just download something (if so, from precisely what URL?) and copy it into some directory? If the latter, do I need to do something to persuade /stand/sysinstall to read the latest package tree rather than 2.2.6? And can I keep in sync with a cron job? I'm a C++ programmer so can understand technical stuff, but I have very little Unix admin experience. Thanks! Regards -- Silas S Brown, St John's College Cambridge UK http://ban.joh.cam.ac.uk/~ssb22/ "All things by immortal power Near or far Hiddenly, to each other linked are That thou canst not stir a flower Without troubling of a star" - Francis Thompson (1859-1907) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message