From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Jul 22 00:32:10 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA28844 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Wed, 22 Jul 1998 00:32:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (suebla.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA28753; Wed, 22 Jul 1998 00:31:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA00236; Wed, 22 Jul 1998 17:29:08 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <19980722172903.50769@welearn.com.au> Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 17:29:03 +1000 From: Sue Blake To: Eric Hake Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fbsd 2.2.7 References: <3.0.5.32.19980721211039.0079ab20@pop.netaddress.com> <3.0.5.32.19980721233344.007afe10@clean.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980721233344.007afe10@clean.net>; from Eric Hake on Tue, Jul 21, 1998 at 11:33:44PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org [I'm shooting this over to freebsd-questions because that's where we ask (even newbie) questions.] On Tue, Jul 21, 1998 at 11:33:44PM -0700, Eric Hake wrote: > Newbie question --> If I have a 2.2.6 machine running just fine, and I > want to upgrade to 2.2.7, how do you do that without buying the 2.2.7 CDs > and reinstalling? > > Can you somehow download it, and install it, or is there a lot more too it > than that? I guess you can read up on the gotchas to do with upgrading, download the new floppy and do an FTP installation, selecting the upgrade option, but I couldn't find this in the Handbook or FAQ. Is it my searching skills (again!) or is it a gap that needs filling? -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message