Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2010 17:36:30 +0300 From: Manolis Kiagias <sonicy@otenet.gr> To: Giorgos Tsiapaliokas <terietor@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrade from FBSD from 8.0-release to stable-8 Message-ID: <4C0BB26E.2050305@otenet.gr> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTim1yV6_98DDHvJNKwBU9y4VmEVvwazL3NzdsA_y@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTim1yV6_98DDHvJNKwBU9y4VmEVvwazL3NzdsA_y@mail.gmail.com>
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On 06/06/2010 4:37 μ.μ., Giorgos Tsiapaliokas wrote: > hello, > > i have seach to net but i haven't find a way to update my system from > 8.0-release to stable-8. > > can you tell me a way to do this? > > thanks in advance > Since you are just starting with this, I would advise against it. Unless you know STABLE contains something you really need (i.e. a must have driver or fix for your particular hardware), I would say stay on RELEASE until you are more comfortable with your system. Going from RELEASE to STABLE involves recompiling the system from source. It is not really difficult, but it will save you a lot of trouble if you first get better acquainted with your system. If you would like to try it anyway, here are the instructions: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/el/books/handbook/current-stable.html (starting from 24.5.2) Since you are experimenting and don't have any data on the system, you may also wish to directly install one of the snapshots that will get you directly to a STABLE system. You can find snapshot ISOs here: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/201005/ or you may even wish to try 8.1-BETA1 which is also available in local mirrors (like otenet): ftp://ftp.otenet.gr/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/8.1/
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