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>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig04DA0C4A2C83BEA2EFBF706E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW --------------enig04DA0C4A2C83BEA2EFBF706E Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFRZtL8Mjk52CukIwRCMN4AJ9qYJ66TwzLqmJALBVwGCUe/i689QCfXmkr Q4tJTiTray60BG0DJxKEAu8= =yHgg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig04DA0C4A2C83BEA2EFBF706E--
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?45459B41.8000509>