Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 21:24:57 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: backyard <backyard1454-bsd@yahoo.com> Cc: Jason Artz <jasonartz@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Want to install RELEASE-6.1, have 5.3 disks Message-ID: <20060925012457.GA51321@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20060925004959.58280.qmail@web83113.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20060924211224.98572.qmail@web34309.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20060925004959.58280.qmail@web83113.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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--FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Sun, Sep 24, 2006 at 05:49:59PM -0700, backyard wrote: > I thought if you went to the options in sysinstall and > go to the part that says Release Name and it likely is > going to say 5.3-RELEASE change that to 6.1-RELEASE > and then do an ftp install. You should get the newer > version of the system. I have used this to install > 5.4-CURRENT in th past from 5.4 bootdisks. I would > have to assume it should work for a newer release as > the distribution is packed the same. Nope, as the OP correctly states this will often not work. Your old release can't know all the special steps required to update to a newer release (files to not overwrite, etc). Kris --FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFFy/oWry0BWjoQKURAnzhAJ9hI0vUnQ9K5cHPEc+pbIhPWpoEWwCeIgpT q38qjL9wDh0EdQXhVN20liw= =TeQH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5--
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