From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 16 08:29:15 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D554F16A4CE for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 08:29:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from lilith.bellavista.cz (bellavista.worldonline.cz [212.90.245.154]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5697443D55 for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 08:29:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from neuhauser@bellavista.cz) Received: from freepuppy.bellavista.cz (freepuppy.bellavista.cz [10.0.0.10]) by lilith.bellavista.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A6AC69; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 17:29:08 +0100 (CET) Received: by freepuppy.bellavista.cz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id E5C702FDA09; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 17:29:07 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 17:29:07 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser To: Steven T Sacco Message-ID: <20040116162907.GA408@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> Mail-Followup-To: Steven T Sacco , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org References: <3FE0627F.7040908@bellsouth.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3FE0627F.7040908@bellsouth.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help Newbie X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 16:29:15 -0000 # 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, -- If you cc me or remove the list(s) completely I'll most likely ignore your message. see http://www.eyrie.org./~eagle/faqs/questions.html