Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 00:21:06 -0400 From: "Bob Hall" <rjhjr@cox.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Need some help =( Message-ID: <20030804042106.GC23334@kongemord.krig.net> In-Reply-To: <Sea2-F12L20Nd1nHg7X00015807@hotmail.com> References: <Sea2-F12L20Nd1nHg7X00015807@hotmail.com>
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On Sun, Aug 03, 2003 at 10:47:36PM -0500, Joey Mingrone wrote: > >Hi! I am pretty new to FreeBSD, however, I do really enjoy useing it, its > >a GREAT server platform. > It makes a pretty darn good desktop too. :-) > > Anyway, on to my question. I for the life of me can't figure out how to > update my system. Everything I read REALLY confuses me. I was hopeing it > would be something as simple as emerge world or system like in Gentoo > Linux. Anyway, If you could give me a step by step newbie install guide, > that would help VERY much! Thanks > > > > > >-Eric > > Have you read > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge.html > ? It's pretty close to a step-by-step guide to updating your system. It's > only a few pages long and quite well written. In addition, FreeBSD Unleashed and Annalise Anderson's FBSD book both contain good step-by-step guides. I prefer Anderson's instructions to the other two, but only by a very small margin. I wouldn't hesitate to use either the handbook or FreeBSD Unleashed. Bob Hall
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