Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 06:52:30 -0800 (PST) From: Tim Ryder <jawse@yahoo.com> To: jmutter@ds.net, keramida@ceid.upatras.gr Cc: Tim Ryder <jawse@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Support Message-ID: <20000209145230.7810.qmail@web1305.mail.yahoo.com>
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I installed 3.3 last night and it went well, I still have to configure some things buts thats cool. Do u think there is going to be a problem going from 3.4 to 4. Tim Ryder --- "James A. Mutter" <jmutter@ds.net> wrote: > > > > You'll do at least the basic kernel / buildworld / > installworld thing, > > so installing 3.3-RELEASE and cvsup'ing to the > latest 3.4-STABLE sources > > shouldn't take long. I've done it at least twice. > Once for fun, and > > the other time because I trashed my installation > while playing with that > > evil M$-thing called Windows '98. > > > > Having done the thing (from 3.3-RELEASE => > 3.4-STABLE) I can assure you > > it won't take long. At least the source update > part. The compilation > > of the `world' depends on your specific hardware > setup, and I don't know > > how long it will take--not until I've seen it done > at least once. > > > It's been my experience that minor upgrades (eg: 3.3 > -> 3.4) are fairly > simple - however the major upgrades have proven to > be a bit more > complicated. I remember the upgrade from 2.X -> 3.0 > and I can say it > wasn't pretty. I finally broke down and did a clean > install and > migrated everything back over. > > Just my $0.02 > ===== Tim Ryder jawse@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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