From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 25 19:48:00 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88B1416A41F for ; Mon, 25 Jul 2005 19:48:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from no-html@jonathan-glaschke.de) Received: from mail.liberty-hosting.de (mail.liberty-hosting.de [195.225.132.203]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C84843D46 for ; Mon, 25 Jul 2005 19:47:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from no-html@jonathan-glaschke.de) Received: from mail.liberty-hosting.de ([195.225.132.203]) by localhost (liberty-mail [195.225.132.203]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 22797-08 for ; Mon, 25 Jul 2005 21:47:54 +0200 (CEST) Received: from jogla.fbsd (p50897816.dip.t-dialin.net [80.137.120.22]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.liberty-hosting.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB07C158953 for ; Mon, 25 Jul 2005 21:47:53 +0200 (CEST) Received: from jogla.fbsd (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jogla.fbsd (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j6PLleY4001951 for ; Mon, 25 Jul 2005 21:47:41 GMT (envelope-from jonathan@jogla.fbsd) Received: (from jonathan@localhost) by jogla.fbsd (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id j6PLleqn001950 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 25 Jul 2005 21:47:40 GMT (envelope-from jonathan) Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 21:47:39 +0000 From: Jonathan Glaschke To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050725214739.GA1924@jogla.fbsd> References: <007901c5914c$a5398740$0701a8c0@darryl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <007901c5914c$a5398740$0701a8c0@darryl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at mail.liberty-hosting.de Subject: Re: Install 5.4-Release question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 19:48:00 -0000 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/