Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 17:29:07 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> To: Steven T Sacco <ssaccoss@bellsouth.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help Newbie Message-ID: <20040116162907.GA408@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> In-Reply-To: <3FE0627F.7040908@bellsouth.net> References: <3FE0627F.7040908@bellsouth.net>
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# ssaccoss@bellsouth.net / 2003-12-17 09:04:47 -0500:
> Yes i am a 'newbie' sorta. i have experience in Unix from my former
> career, but am now just starting to use again and set up on my home
> computer. My son has loaded FreeBSD 4.8 and I am havening several
> problems loading different applications. Each one seems to have its own
> unique errors, i was thinking maybe i have messed up the OS files or we
> only got half a loaf when first loading it. i was thinking about
> upgrading to FreeBSD 5.x to make sure the core files are ok. What is
> the best and easiest way to upgrade from 4.8 to 5.x? What is the latest
> and greatest 5.x load to get?
this is not the right place to ask such questions, but I can tell
you that upgrade to 5.x is *not* the way to make sure your "core
files are ok".
> Let's start there before i begin my 1000 other questions. And just one
> more, is there a 'Newbie' forum I should be using instead of this one?
newbies@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org,
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