Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 10:59:13 -0500 From: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> To: "Paul '" <smak_420@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing CURRENT Message-ID: <20011119105912.A86949@blackhelicopters.org> In-Reply-To: <OE13ahPS5K7aVKQhMg90001a0e9@hotmail.com>; from smak_420@hotmail.com on Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 10:00:27AM -0500 References: <OE13ahPS5K7aVKQhMg90001a0e9@hotmail.com>
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Short answer: you don't. You need to get a -current boot floppy set. There are so many differences between -stable and -current that, as a rule, there's no way this will work. And if you get it to install, you won't be happy. On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 10:00:27AM -0500, Paul ' wrote: > How do you install a 5.0 CURRENT distribution with this diskettes of an > older version? > > I have tried going to the options section of the install screen and changing > the name there from 4.3-RELEASE to 5.0-CURRENT ( i have older 4.3 diskettes) > but that does nothing for me as when it gets to install time the correct > files cannot be found. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Michael Lucas mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org http://www.blackhelicopters.org/~mwlucas/ Big Scary Daemons: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/q/Big_Scary_Daemons To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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