Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 21:47:39 +0000 From: Jonathan Glaschke <no-html@jonathan-glaschke.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install 5.4-Release question Message-ID: <20050725214739.GA1924@jogla.fbsd> In-Reply-To: <007901c5914c$a5398740$0701a8c0@darryl> References: <007901c5914c$a5398740$0701a8c0@darryl>
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Hello, On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 02:11:21PM -0500, Darryl Hoar wrote: > I have 5.1-release on a box. I want to install 5.4-release (don't want to > upgrade). > Do I still have to download the .flp and .krn images to floppy, or can I > start > an ftp install from the running 5.1 box ? > > thanks, > Darryl > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Depends on how you look at it. You perform a binary update via sysintall to 5.4, but that's an upgrade in my eyes and no reinstallation. I think not to update it means that you destroy your old bsd installation and perform a new one. And then you'll need that floppis (or a cdrom drive thats able to handle bootable cds). Jonathan -- | /"\ ASCII Ribbon | Jonathan Glaschke - Lorenz-Görtz-Straße 71, | \ / Campaign Against | 41238 Mönchengladbach, Tel: 02166-265876 | X HTML In Mail | Mobil: 0162-3390789, ICQ: 231021883 | / \ And News | http://jonathan-glaschke.de/
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