From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 9 18:55:29 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA99C1065696 for ; Thu, 9 Sep 2010 18:55:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prvs=0868C3C235=msk@blackops.org) Received: from medusa.blackops.org (medusa.blackops.org [208.69.40.157]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1E0D8FC08 for ; Thu, 9 Sep 2010 18:55:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from medusa.blackops.org (msk@localhost.blackops.org [127.0.0.1]) by medusa.blackops.org (8.14.4/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o89IeJ5w094270 for ; Thu, 9 Sep 2010 11:40:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msk@blackops.org) X-SenderID: Sendmail Sender-ID Filter v1.0.0 medusa.blackops.org o89IeJ5w094270 Authentication-Results: medusa.blackops.org; sender-id=fail (NotPermitted) header.from=msk@blackops.org; spf=fail (NotPermitted) smtp.mfrom=msk@blackops.org X-DKIM: OpenDKIM Filter v2.2.0 medusa.blackops.org o89IeJ5w094270 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=blackops.org; s=medusa3; t=1284057621; bh=GmDMWmeI1mZ6r7Zsi7oI4yzmA4VH7kPJfmvg7CsseO4=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:MIME-Version:Content-Type; z=X-Authentication-Warning:=20medusa.blackops.org:=20msk=20owned=20 process=20doing=20-bs|Date:=20Thu,=209=20Sep=202010=2011:40:19=20- 0700=20(PDT)|From:=20"Murray=20S.=20Kucherawy"=20|To:=20questions@freebsd.org|Subject:=20freebsd-update=20question |Message-ID:=20|User-Agent:=20Alpine=202.00=20(BSF=201167=202008-08-23)|MIM E-Version:=201.0|Content-Type:=20TEXT/PLAIN=3B=20format=3Dflowed=3 B=20charset=3DUS-ASCII; b=0AhI+rHzJOndyX88SD3Wk8JmjcFMWlj7PitPiLA3e2Vh2GXcKKgI/bjaK3KOEA5aP npeaoUhukr792TQsWmETotldgnxNjWZ2AL++za/DlQ6+lArLfQIxSL66BxAV5ngOF0 diB2SJ9wRVcBHM+P8iCuQ9bCLNgnlwjwXoWeYmWs= Received: from localhost (msk@localhost) by medusa.blackops.org (8.14.4/8.14.2/Submit) with ESMTP id o89IeJxn094267 for ; Thu, 9 Sep 2010 11:40:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msk@blackops.org) X-Authentication-Warning: medusa.blackops.org: msk owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 11:40:19 -0700 (PDT) From: "Murray S. Kucherawy" To: questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on medusa.blackops.org Cc: Subject: freebsd-update 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: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:55:29 -0000 Hi, I'm reading http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/updating-upgrading-freebsdupdate.html in preparation for an update of a 6.2-RELEASE machine in a colocation faciilty. However, that page says 6.3 or later is needed to do it via the freebsd-update(8) mechanism. Are there any references for using freebsd-update for a 6.2 installation, or am I looking at doing the update from source as per http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html? Thanks, -MSK