From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Dec 11 04:04:12 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA25471 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Fri, 11 Dec 1998 04:04:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from castor.chuck (lucy.bedford.net [206.99.145.182]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA25463 for ; Fri, 11 Dec 1998 04:04:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from listread@bedford.net) Received: (from listread@localhost) by castor.chuck (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA10860; Fri, 11 Dec 1998 06:54:11 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from listread) Message-Id: <199812111154.GAA10860@castor.chuck> Subject: Re: Upgrade: Over Internet or Just Get New CDs In-Reply-To: from Dennis Favro at "Dec 8, 98 09:30:06 pm" To: scqdaf@globalserve.net (Dennis Favro) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 06:54:11 -0500 (EST) Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG X-no-archive: yes Restrict: no-external-archive X-Echelon: anthrax marburg ebola aerosol Reply-to: djv@bedford.net From: "Woodchuck" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Dennis Favro wrote: > I'd like to upgrade my version of FreeBSD, but I'm not sure which > would be the most effective way to do it: should I try woring over > the Internet (over my pokey,old 28.8k modem) or should I just byte > the bullet and get 2.2.8 on CD from Walnut Creek? > > The shipping and exchange rates would put the cost up a little > higher than I'd like to pay, but if going from 2.2.6 to the current > release would be too excruciatingly slow... > > --Dennis It depends how comfortable you are with Unix. The easiest way is to bite the bullet, and order a CD, but I'd wait for 3.1 or so. Unless, of course, there is some feature in 2.2.8 that you have to have. But there probably isn't; 2.2.6-->2.2.8 is mostly bug fixes. On the other hand, cvsup is rather painless. This would allow you to update the source code from 2.2.6 to 2.2.8, after which you would make the world from source (a few hours on a PPro 200), and install it. You have to have all the source (/usr/src...) installed, of course. After a cvsup, you *will* have it all installed, of course, but the advantage of cvsup'ping the source is that the amount of traffic is very small if your 2.2.6 already is installed ... only the differences between the version you have and the version you're updating to are transmitted. cvsup is described in its man page, and in Greg Lehey's "Complete FreeBSD". Dave -- Strangers know your loved ones' phone numbers!!!! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message