From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 5 14:24:50 2005 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 BAAA016A41F for ; Sat, 5 Nov 2005 14:24:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from loupgaroublond@gmail.com) Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.195]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5175C43D46 for ; Sat, 5 Nov 2005 14:24:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from loupgaroublond@gmail.com) Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 4so69308nzn for ; Sat, 05 Nov 2005 06:24:49 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=oHH/8KrOLaiFWPIVOv04VUynQkP1P6YvtjIPQgPRx88ntfWfxZ4ZLtRUrut3roQ6IDyorhHjmpu9JrfBmHTZqnjEkqKI60pL/uXbBbGsOb6iIpZeVKcc+c8AdD2ATtOXYW3mlRdIZ/osPjfiXJzuz7sx2seHIOKwBvzEUt1lAq8= Received: by 10.65.11.9 with SMTP id o9mr3364125qbi; Sat, 05 Nov 2005 06:24:49 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.64.21.18 with HTTP; Sat, 5 Nov 2005 06:24:48 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <7f692fec0511050624t491e506tb4038482a1e92770@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 15:24:48 +0100 From: Yaakov Nemoy To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <8F425AB8-A939-4637-921E-02322A82DEB8@secure-computing.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <7f692fec0511050411y3e879ef2ha42577a314fd8a68@mail.gmail.com> <8F425AB8-A939-4637-921E-02322A82DEB8@secure-computing.net> Subject: Re: how to upgrade? 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: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 14:24:50 -0000 On 11/5/05, Eric F Crist wrote: > On Nov 5, 2005, at 6:11 AM, Yaakov Nemoy wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I'm sure this question has been asked before, but I couldn't find any > > good help in the documentation, and its only my 5th day using freebsd > > so i'm not really sure where to look. > > > > i installed 5.4-RELEASE from a CD and I want to upgrade to 6.0-RELEASE > > using binary packages. my computer is far too slow and doesn't really > > have enough hard drive space to compile the entire BSD system, nor do > > I have a CD burner to make myself a new CD. how do I upgrade my > > system from binary packages without breaking it in the middle? > > > > once again, i apologize if this has been asked too many times. even a > > vague reference to some 3 year old mailing list post will probably > > help me though. > > You *could* browse the list archives, but that *is* a lot of work. I > suppose I'll just briefly answer this. > > boot from cd. > change options so that your version read 6.0-RELEASE > choose upgrade from menu > choose FTP as your installation source > run install I just finished trying that out. The 5.4-RELEASE CD doesn't want to actually connect to any of the servers. It has no problem getting DHCP and and IP address, which I find very strange. I am using an Acer Extensa laptop from 1998, with a 3com NIC on PCMCIA. I think its the "vortex" chipset but i'm not sure. That could have something to do with it. In any case, is it safe to do this procedure from sysinstall running on the live system itself? is this even possible? -Yaakov