Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 12:14:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Mark <redtick@sbcglobal.net> To: "Murray S. Kucherawy" <msk@blackops.org> Cc: help help <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: freebsd-update question Message-ID: <923843.69747.qm@web81205.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1009091135310.31942@medusa.blackops.org>
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--- On Thu, 9/9/10, Murray S. Kucherawy <msk@blackops.org> wrote: > From: Murray S. Kucherawy <msk@blackops.org> > Subject: freebsd-update question > To: questions@freebsd.org > Date: Thursday, September 9, 2010, 1:40 PM > Hi, >=20 > I'm reading http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/upd= ating-upgrading-freebsdupdate.html > in preparation for an update of a 6.2-RELEASE machine in a > colocation faciilty.=A0 However, that page says 6.3 or > later is needed to do it via the freebsd-update(8) > mechanism. >=20 > 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? >=20 > Thanks, > -MSK > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >=20 Depending on how the computer is used, to bring it up to 8.1 I'd backup dat= a, config files, make a list of installed software and do a reinstall. The = time it takes to build world, merg files and rebuild software a fresh insta= ll may be quicker than to try the jump from 6.2 to 8.1. YMMV
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