From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 30 06:27:56 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDFD116A417 for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 06:27:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.187.76.162]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24D2A43D46 for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 06:27:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from [IPv6:::1] (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id k9U6RNvF020316; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 06:27:23 GMT (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Authentication-Results: smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk from=m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk; sender-id=softfail; spf=softfail X-SenderID: Sendmail Sender-ID Filter v0.2.14 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk k9U6RNvF020316 Message-ID: <45459B41.8000509@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 06:27:13 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20061015) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Lane References: <68bfdc900610291737r16be5b6cqe203e3bf10adc3c8@mail.gmail.com> <200610291947.54965.lane@joeandlane.com> <200610292014.05070.lane@joeandlane.com> In-Reply-To: <200610292014.05070.lane@joeandlane.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig04DA0C4A2C83BEA2EFBF706E" X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]); Mon, 30 Oct 2006 06:27:43 +0000 (GMT) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.5/2131/Sun Oct 29 22:00:12 2006 on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_POLICY_TESTING, NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.1.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.6 (2006-10-03) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What's -STABLE? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 06:27:57 -0000 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--