From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 12 03:23:39 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80B2116A4CE for ; Tue, 12 Apr 2005 03:23:39 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mh1.centtech.com (moat3.centtech.com [207.200.51.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D92B543D31 for ; Tue, 12 Apr 2005 03:23:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from [192.168.42.22] (andersonbox2.centtech.com [192.168.42.22]) by mh1.centtech.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j3C3NSpF091547; Mon, 11 Apr 2005 22:23:28 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Message-ID: <425B3F0A.6030304@centtech.com> Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 22:22:50 -0500 From: Eric Anderson User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20050325 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kris McElroy References: <200504112216161.SM01492@KrisLaptop> In-Reply-To: <200504112216161.SM01492@KrisLaptop> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.82/820/Mon Apr 11 14:46:51 2005 on mh1.centtech.com X-Virus-Status: Clean cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Updating FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 03:23:39 -0000 Kris McElroy wrote: > First things I am a newb to FreeBSD and have made strides coming from > windows. There are a few things that I am unsure about, or need some > direction on. > > I am currently running: FreeBSD 4.11-RELEASE #0 and I would like to make > sure that it is up to date with all the necessary patches, security fixes, > etc... I have read up on CVSup but I am unclear of how to actually use it. > Can someone give me some examples? I do not have any xwindow systems > installed, command line only. Have you checked out this: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html If you have, which parts do you need help with? If you haven't, then I really recommend the Handbook as a good first place to start. I think it should cover most of the details for you. I'm not sure what this has to do with ISP's (Internet Service Providers), but you might get more responses on the freebsd-questions mailing list. Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology A lost ounce of gold may be found, a lost moment of time never. ------------------------------------------------------------------------