From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 16 17:03:19 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 930EF106566C for ; Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:03:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wxs@atarininja.org) Received: from syn.atarininja.org (syn.csh.rit.edu [129.21.60.158]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CC488FC2F for ; Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:03:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: by syn.atarininja.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 58BFA5C2E; Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:45:36 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:45:36 -0400 From: Wesley Shields To: Mel Flynn Message-ID: <20090916164536.GA91963@atarininja.org> References: <20090916065625.GA627@lonesome.com> <200909161451.02432.mel.flynn+fbsd.current@mailing.thruhere.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200909161451.02432.mel.flynn+fbsd.current@mailing.thruhere.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: Mark Linimon , freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Rom Albuquerque Subject: Re: Source level upgrade from 4.9 to CURRENT.. X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:03:19 -0000 On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 02:51:02PM +0200, Mel Flynn wrote: > On Wednesday 16 September 2009 08:56:25 Mark Linimon wrote: > > You've gotten some good advice about the steps necessary, but not the > > advice that you'll spend a lot less time if you do a new install from > > scratch. > > Except OP mentions install from CD is broken for his system and I doubt 4.x > sysinstall will do 7.x new ftp install satisfactory. Of course, I like to be > proven wrong. He can always try to install from a USB key if his machine supports that. I did a 8.0-BETA3 install via USB key recently and it was easy. -- WXS