Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 22:34:02 -0500 From: Bob Perry <rperry4@earthlink.net> To: ecrist@adtechintegrated.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrade 4.8-4.9 help! Message-ID: <402C45AA.6090609@earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <200402120946.55492.ecrist@adtechintegrated.com> References: <!~!UENERkVCMDkAAQACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAAAYzSznVi3fkWJYCR3viDFqMKAAAAQAAAAAzAux2hWc06w71bJEqiWHwEAAAAA@another.com.au> <200402120946.55492.ecrist@adtechintegrated.com>
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Eric F Crist wrote: >On Wednesday 11 February 2004 06:25 pm, richard wrote: > > >>Hi, >> >>I'm trying to upgrade Freebsd 4.8 to 4.9 using sysinstall | upgrade off a >>4.9 CD. All seems fine until it gets to the point where it reports it >>can't even extract the bin distribution and fails. >> >>Does anyone know of a fool-proof way to get this upgrade through? >>Preferably some idiot-proof instructions I can follow. >> >>Cheers, >>Richard >> >> > >Richard, > >If you have broadband, install cvsup, read the man page on that, and install >new sources over FTP via cvsup. Once you have a correct supfile, it's pretty >brainless. Most of us have some upgrading done via cron on a regular basis, >completely unattended. > > Would you care to summarize your upgrading procedure which you process on a "regular basis, completely unattended."? Details not necessary at this time, just very curious. Thanks, Bob Perry >HTH > > -- FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE-p13 0#
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