From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 14 18:47:43 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 14 18:47:41 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail0.lig.bellsouth.net (mail0.lig.bellsouth.net [205.152.0.90]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D307A37B400 for ; Thu, 14 Dec 2000 18:47:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from coastalgeology.org (adsl-20-127-14.chs.bellsouth.net [66.20.127.14]) by mail0.lig.bellsouth.net (3.3.5alt/0.75.2) with SMTP id VAA19666 for ; Thu, 14 Dec 2000 21:47:38 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 3498 invoked by uid 1000); 15 Dec 2000 03:07:34 -0000 Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 22:07:34 -0500 From: Jonathan Pennington To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.0 Powerpack Message-ID: <20001214220734.A281@coastalgeology.org> Reply-To: Jonathan Pennington Mail-Followup-To: Jonathan Pennington , questions@freebsd.org References: <001a01c06636$7d094300$a509fea9@silentchaos> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <001a01c06636$7d094300$a509fea9@silentchaos>; from daniel.stehm@verizon.net on Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 08:28:54PM -0500 X-Warning: Bill Gates Controls The Matrix Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Daniel Stehm [001214 20:52]: > Hey guys, Im planning on purchasing the FreeBSD 4.0 Powerpack from CompUSA. > I have noticed that there is a more current version of FreeBSD, I believe it > is 4.4? 4.2? Anyways, my question is when I purchase the Powerpack, is it > easy to update it to the current version? I have DSL, so downloading it wont > be a problem, just want to make sure that I can use all the programs that > come with the powerpack with the new version if I upgrade. Thanks. Easy to down load an upgrade? With a DSL connection? HAH! You've never had it so easy. Check out the handbook at www.freebsd.org, look for CVSup, and read the section on keeping current. You'll be amazed. -J -- Jonathan Pennington | http://coastalgeology.org Site Manager | Protection and stewardship CoastalGeology.Org (CGO) | through public education. john@coastalgeology.org | Join CGO, make a difference. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message