From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Apr 19 07:40:57 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C17E6B13AE1 for ; Tue, 19 Apr 2016 07:40:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lokadamus@gmx.de) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A64061085 for ; Tue, 19 Apr 2016 07:40:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lokadamus@gmx.de) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id A214DB13AE0; Tue, 19 Apr 2016 07:40:57 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E329B13ADD for ; Tue, 19 Apr 2016 07:40:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lokadamus@gmx.de) Received: from mout.gmx.net (mout.gmx.net [212.227.15.19]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mout.gmx.net", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass DE-1" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1560B1083 for ; Tue, 19 Apr 2016 07:40:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lokadamus@gmx.de) Received: from [192.168.0.143] ([95.91.224.149]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx002) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0MBnvD-1b0N1h08Kl-00AmR1; Tue, 19 Apr 2016 09:40:02 +0200 Subject: Re: Upgrading from FreeBSD 4.1 To: Allan Kapoma , 'Erich Dollansky' References: <003401d196ee$258ee680$70acb380$@zamnet.zm> <20160416094349.77f6a883@X220.alogt.com> <00bf01d19949$a9c69080$fd53b180$@zamnet.zm> Cc: 'Nalumino Moola' , questions@freebsd.org From: "lokadamus@gmx.de" Message-ID: <5715E0CD.7090802@gmx.de> Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2016 09:39:57 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD i386; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.7.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <00bf01d19949$a9c69080$fd53b180$@zamnet.zm> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:3VuRJF6+yKJ/dv64EqZeA2few0JBIw3UO57IzCZ+A+PWliqBaCo 6m+PTlOp5XGLS41F9UNCq7JbRsUUU0cgZySAHkRDgiEJgU+h4JD1KaFuILDCou2wo19qBpz o2Fu1eDhOypmwRB+MlCcnlkU/X7OVQKiNAjQKvG4TddCSY+75cjQCoQ1fgWa7I46frG/Vow J+R+iTZjnXxlAJZnv+4OA== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:6HXwFK9NXrI=:QYdv9188yIzF4HxLx0UjDS 5C1E3y3OQvFZDti52jPRRqlCxzhArfvQAKIaXv2Xs6YZzrObXNLfDrOsLbtrVS/C3Wz+eFga9 Spy+P7zuEUNMscJ5Ep/VyLk8kEg6ftzKQd1o9ttjBc7V/ksp8FMTca9JgXUpM2Jz4na/TjhRs e2AGuR179cJpIqVSACwM7WVvueVB3RtbJoZiN5jrIDBU4MM+hqJqFKF/pF5OpdFO49ob3F+tD Bd/xs7LiqGRILePCGOKVYM0AUlwxIx2J0Ax9ZoGrDAtrZYE9HzVhvdFVU/1KdpTIFWm3fZBm1 isGKpVXGDrg01jxtDXwMuQlHhC1DDqmjEWQZfYnvP/2FoEa/NEkyH5dI1Dc4VYRPyDdfQ1umD amL9C0fEArulY/dtebyKlLL3vjycCgIWx5LjM2m4McOUTLUv5I7bAPvZT97FpQFAdHkLuAcRF OUIi/04sOZ3bt8XDg3JNv+wTXBmAUC7zREQFI1sn1tSgI5wL9MpYXrBuKFnqoLlNK0Cs/Eqj1 ZuYSnzWVcpCTut9L/JP4hmuCffJbHIr9ABu0v5qoJib65YqWl0vo6Yt5dlo/Yws358i0b2o2Y Ttq5w3SWvGff9Kixgw/EYnoR/6PuUYSwvNLm+n6I1epYFCnff2mqCrkIkBbL4ujIlKukiXf1f M8Jq0XB1ge87X3hEo3v+MMoGM8z7cV0AnTOm+3VCeoMrQ3iEgHEpGA/CjJf+ou6rprB7E8AMO adFF4cAob1k8vDKq/NRLlziqnmc5RaDt46xWp92ZRrgPdvsuXrnuKm6OPxErowuQVA01qml/s svvlNt9l38l2uZxC4wP018ryuKPcA== X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2016 07:40:57 -0000 Hello Allan, I think he use this methode (make buildworld, make installworld ...) https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/synching.html Regards On 04/18/16 10:09, Allan Kapoma wrote: > Hello Erich > > What command(s) did you used to move from version 4 to 5.21 > > Regards > > > Allan Kapoma|Head of Networks| ZAMNET Communication Systems Limited | > Mobile: +260 962 235839 | Office: +260 211 220736| Fax: +260 211 224775 | > COMESA Center | Ben Bella Road | P.O Box 38299 | Lusaka, 10101 ZAMBIA > |Email: allan.kapoma@zamnet.zm | Website: www.zamnet.zm. > > Nobody Delivers IT Better > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Erich Dollansky [mailto:erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com] > Sent: 16 April 2016 03:44 > To: Allan Kapoma > Cc: questions@freebsd.org; 'Nalumino Moola' > Subject: Re: Upgrading from FreeBSD 4.1 > > Hi, > > On Fri, 15 Apr 2016 10:09:34 +0200 > "Allan Kapoma" wrote: > >> I'm running FreeBSD 4.10 and I want to upgrade the system to a later >> version of FreeBSD. >> > this is from 2004 and still running. I wonder if you can even update to the > latest version. I have had a notebook, I never brought to 8 as its hardware > was not supported from 8 onward. > > If you really want to update, use sources to move from version to version. I > would move to 5.21 first and the 6.0, 7.0 ... > > It will not be possible to compile new versions with the old compiler you > have. > > The binary upgrade came later. When you have reached that version, you can > go via binary upgrades. > > Of course, you can have a try and move directly to the oldest version > supporting binary upgrades. I only doubt that your old compiler will support > this. > > Good luck. > > Erich > > >> >> >> However, whenever I run commands to update the system (# >> freebsd-update), or install portsnap, or install portmanager, or pkg >> commands, portsnap fetch extract, I'm getting the message that command >> not found >> >> >> >> The my output for uname -a is shown below >> >> >> >> relay# uname -a >> >> FreeBSD relay.zamnet.zm 4.10-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.10-RELEASE #1: Fri Nov >> 12 06:54:4 >> >> >> >> I'm asking for assistance on how I can enable the system (FreeBSD >> 4.10) to run these commands and hopefully update my system and >> packages on it >> >> >> >> Regards >> >> >> >> Allan Kapoma|Head of Networks| ZAMNET Communication Systems Limited | >> >> Mobile: +260 962 235839 | Office: +260 211 220736| Fax: +260 211 >> 224775 | >> >> COMESA Center | Ben Bella Road | P.O Box 38299 | Lusaka, 10101 >> ZAMBIA |Email: allan.kapoma@zamnet.zm >> | Website: www.zamnet.zm. >> >> >> >> Nobody Delivers IT Better >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >