From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Dec 11 04:40:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA01212 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Fri, 11 Dec 1998 04:40:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from server2.rad.net.id (server2.rad.net.id [202.154.1.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA01202 for ; Fri, 11 Dec 1998 04:40:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Leonard_Ong@iname.com) Received: from AncientChinese (dyn3008a.dialin.rad.net.id [202.154.44.8]) by server2.rad.net.id (8.8.5/RADNET) with SMTP id TAA24323; Fri, 11 Dec 1998 19:36:00 +0700 (WIB) Message-Id: <4.1.19981211073354.00be3a60@pop.rad.net.id> X-Sender: ong@pop.rad.net.id X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 07:35:46 +0700 To: djv@bedford.net From: Leonard Ong Subject: Re: Upgrade: Over Internet or Just Get New CDs Cc: scqdaf@globalserve.net (Dennis Favro), freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199812111154.GAA10860@castor.chuck> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I'm from a country that affected by Currency Crisis. I can't upgrade by CVS or CD in cheap manner. However, How long should i spend d/ling hte sources from 2.2.6 to 2.2.8 ? Can i update to 3.0 ? Thanks At 1854 12/11/98 , Woodchuck wrote: >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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message