Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 06:27:13 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Lane <lane@joeandlane.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What's -STABLE? Message-ID: <45459B41.8000509@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <200610292014.05070.lane@joeandlane.com> References: <68bfdc900610291737r16be5b6cqe203e3bf10adc3c8@mail.gmail.com> <200610291947.54965.lane@joeandlane.com> <200610292014.05070.lane@joeandlane.com>
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Lane wrote:
> I'm trying to help a guy with a dial-up connection upgrade/update to 6.=
X, or=20
> even 5.X. He's on 4.2 and we can't seem to get cvsup to install, nor c=
an he=20
> get the whole "ball-o-wax" download from /usr/ports/etc/etc/ports/ports=
=2Etgz
>=20
> So I'm thinking he should use sysinstall to do an upgrade.
Correct
=20
> I figure he should go to "options" and set the "Release Name," and then=
just=20
> do an install. But I don't know what is the current "Release Name" for=
=20
> stable. I tried "6.1-RELEASE" on my system, but that failed.
Not correct.
> Could one of ya'll who has recently (like in the last several days, or =
weeks)=20
> downloaded and installed FreeBSD tell me what your "options" menu says =
> in "Release Name" from sysinstall?
6.1-RELEASE is the correct Release Name, but as you have discovered,
you cannot use sysinstall from 4.2 to install it. You've got to
download the install media and cut yourself a CD or some such so you
end up running the 6.1 sysinstall. =20
Apart from anything else, changes in sysinstall mean that you won't get=20
a kernel installed if you don't use the 6.1 sysinstall.
Cheers,
Matthew
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Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard
Flat 3
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