From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 30 23:34:54 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id XAA23935 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 30 Aug 1997 23:34:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts6-line3.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA23925 for ; Sat, 30 Aug 1997 23:34:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id XAA01000; Sat, 30 Aug 1997 23:34:44 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 30 Aug 1997 23:34:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Matt_Murphy@mail.amsinc.com cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Upgrading FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <88256502.006F765A.00@ams-central-gate-5.amsinc.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 29 Aug 1997 Matt_Murphy@mail.amsinc.com wrote: > > I have v2.1.5 installed. I have 2.1.6, 2.2.1 and 2.2.2 sitting on the > shelf per my Walnut Creed CD-ROM subscription and no time. > > I have two (multipart) questions: > > Can I go directly to the latest version or should I upgrade them in > sequence? You should be able to upgrade cleanly; if you're in doubt, then stepping to 2.1.6 then to 2.2.2 should be OK. > How do I do the upgrade? Do I follow the normal steps for installing > from CD-ROM in the Installing and Running FreeBSD manual? I saw a > tutorial on the net for upgrading from source code but I'm not sure if > that's what I'm doing? Where can I get the instructions for upgrading > to a later release? Boot the floppy as normal but select `Upgrade' from the main menu. !!! NOTICE: BACK UP /ETC AND ALL IMPORTANT FILES BEFORE YOU BEGIN! !!! Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo