Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 12:12:42 -0500 From: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com> To: "'Sweeney, Barry'" <SweeneyB@ncr.disa.mil>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Upgrade from 2.2.1 Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB441A5F89@site2s1>
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I would suggest one of two things. Either create a boot floppy and use the binary upgrade option, or use CVSUP, download the sources and do a 'make world' (this is an oversimplification). I personally prefer to upgrade by sources but maybe that's just me. Since you have the cdrom's I believe the sources for 2.2.7 are on that cd, you may want to copy those over to your hd and then update those to 2.2.8 via cvsup. There are tutorials on http://www.FreeBSD.org/ for both cvsup and for a proper 'make world'. Also take a look at http://www,FreeBSDDiary.com/ for information on cvsup and upgrading. -Chris (also, the current 2.2.x version is 2.2.8 stable, there is also a 3.1 release but there is more involved in the upgrade.) > -----Original Message----- > From: Sweeney, Barry [SMTP:SweeneyB@ncr.disa.mil] > Sent: Thursday, March 18, 1999 9:34 AM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Upgrade from 2.2.1 > > I have version 2.2.1 on my system and I want to upgrade to a newer version > (especially to take advantage of all the Y2K bug fixes). I have the > CD-ROMs > for the 2.2.7 version, but the text files seem to say that the upgrade > utility is less than perfect. Can anyone recommend the best version for me > to upgrade to. I have some experience with Unix, but this will be my first > attempt to experiment with FreeBSD. I bought the book "The Complete > FreeBSD", but it does not have much about upgrading FreeBSD. I was not > involved in the original installation of the OS. Any help is appreciated. > > Barry Sweeney > DSI Engineer > Sweeneyb@ncr.disa.mil > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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