From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 20 16:27:05 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA08981 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 20 Feb 1998 16:27:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA08844 for ; Fri, 20 Feb 1998 16:26:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id QAA17914; Fri, 20 Feb 1998 16:26:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 16:26:19 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Philip Sydney Lavers cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, nash@Mcs.Net Subject: Re: Update from 2.1.5 to 2.2.5 In-Reply-To: <34EE06E2.2781E494@ign.com.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 FreeBSD 2.1.5 is probably outdated.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