Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 16:26:19 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Philip Sydney Lavers <psl@ign.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, nash@Mcs.Net Subject: Re: Update from 2.1.5 to 2.2.5 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980220162503.17705a-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <34EE06E2.2781E494@ign.com.au>
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On Sat, 21 Feb 1998, Philip Sydney Lavers wrote: > I am experiencing difficulties with Netscape and java applets, and am > being given considerable help from the mainainance people, but the > correspondences and visits to the FreeBSD sites indicate to me that my > FreeBSD 2.1.5 is probably outdated. How can I retrieve and inatall 2.2.5 > and any updated X stuff without losing the considerable amount of > critical archive material, including mail and programmes, that I have > already accumulated? Run the install floppy and select `upgrade'. Back up /etc/ first, but otherwise it's painless. > I should point out that I have not found any up to date CD roms on sale > in Sydney, Australia You can order them from Walnut Creek directly, they ship overseas. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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