Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 05:20:18 +1000 (EST) From: Andy Farkas <andyf@speednet.com.au> To: David Larkin <David.Larkin@djl.co.uk> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Uprading from 2.2.8 to 4.x ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10006270506110.20207-100000@backup.af.speednet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <395748DD.41E136B4@DJL.co.uk>
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On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, David Larkin wrote: > Could anyone point me in the direction of a tutorial on upgrading > from 2.2.8 to 4.x ? Read the FreeBSD Handbook at http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/ Specifically, chapter 18. > > Do I have to go 2.x to 3.x to 4.x ? Yep, most probably. > > Any ideas on how big a job this is ? Huge. It was recommended to me that you should install onto a new disk/machine, then copy your old stuff back. Starting from 3.0, FreeBSD changed to the elf format, which was a major step... > > > Thanks > > Dave > > > -- :{ andyf@speednet.com.au Andy Farkas System Administrator Speednet Communications http://www.speednet.com.au/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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