Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 23:52:47 +0000 From: "Weston M. Price" <wmprice@direcway.com> To: "Randy Oong" <oess30@mail.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Upgrade Message-ID: <200209202352.47928.wmprice@direcway.com> In-Reply-To: <20020921034539.77079.qmail@mail.com> References: <20020921034539.77079.qmail@mail.com>
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Randy, I recently switched to FreeBSD about three weeks ago and I went through t= he=20 same thing. Now, this is what I did, so it might not be entirely applicab= le=20 but some of it might help.=20 I installed the minimum amount of software to get the system up and runni= ng.=20 The installation procedure actually has an option for this. After that I=20 started looking through the ports collection to see what I really wanted = on=20 th system.=20 The ports and packages collection is explained in the handbook. If you do= n't=20 have a printed copy, it is also on the website. The reason I did the mini= mum=20 install was so I could learn to use ports and packages and "build" a syst= em=20 as I went along.=20 To upgrade the operating system itself is surprisingly simple. The basic = idea=20 is=20 a) install CVSup (there is tons of stuff about CVSUp in the handbook) b) pull down the latest source tree (stable is probably what you want, th= is=20 will get you up to 4.7-PRERELEASE.=20 c) build the OS following the instructions in the handbook d) build a custom kernel to suit your hardware and preferences e) install the new kernel=20 f) test the new kernel g) install the new source build There are other ways to do this as well most notably CTM. However, if you= have=20 a decent Internet connection I would go with the above plan.=20 Like I said I would STRONGLY, STRONGLY recommend reading the handbook bef= ore=20 doing anything. Of course, this list is an excellent resource for questio= ns.=20 I would also recommend subscribing to some of the other lists, most notab= ly=20 the freebsd-stable@freebsd.org. This list has excellent information regar= ding=20 the current state of the code.=20 I will say that I am pleased with the system so far. FreeBSD is much more= =20 flexible than Linux and better organized.=20 Regards,=20 Weston On Saturday 21 September 2002 03:45 am, Randy Oong wrote: > Hi, > > I''ve bought your FreeBSD(4.5) sometime ago, and only started installat= ion > about last week and discover from the web that there is 4.6.2. Please d= o > enlighten on how shall I upgrade, and how shall I do security patches. > > Thanks, > Randy. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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