Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 11:02:33 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: loupgaroublond@gmail.com (Yaakov Nemoy) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to upgrade? Message-ID: <200511051602.jA5G2XZk006549@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <7f692fec0511050411y3e879ef2ha42577a314fd8a68@mail.gmail.com>
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> > 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? If you have only had FreeBSD on the machine for 5 days, you might want to consider just starting over with a scratch install. Just save off any few files you have created in those 5 days somewhere and then do a regular install of V-6 and put back what you need. That would get you a clean copy of everything. > 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. On the other hand, if the idea of learning the upgrade process is a higher priority that just getting to V-6, then, yes, it is extensively documented in the handbook and in lots of online publications and private web pages and in the archives. Most of these will not refer specifically to doing a 5.4 to 6.0 upgrade, but the process will be the same. ////jerry > -Yaakov > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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