Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 18:40:27 -0600 From: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> To: Brian Astill <bastill@adam.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing FBSD 5.3 and 5.4 Message-ID: <41B4FBFB.8060201@makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: <200412071106.50575.bastill@adam.com.au> References: <200412071106.50575.bastill@adam.com.au>
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Brian Astill wrote: > I guess there is some small incompatibility between my system and FBSD. > Whatever .. the effect was that as I kept CVSupdating from FBSD 4.7 > through 4.10 I gradually lost usability as first one program then > another, failed. > I decided to wait for 5.3 before using FBSD again. > > In the meantime I have been running Knoppix 3.4 with complete > success,though it will have its own HUGE upgrade problems in due > course. > I MUCH prefer FBSD and its way of doing things, anyway. > > So ... I've waited for FBSD 5.3, have purchased the Release 4-disk set > and have 50G diskspace available. > > Maybe it would be better to split that 50G in half, install 5.3 in the > first 25G, leaving the second free for 5.4 release. Later I would > install 5.5 release in that first partition, then 5.6 release in the > second, and so on. > > Question 1. Is this plan sensible and/or practical? > Question 2. If the answer to (1.) is "No", what alternative would you > suggest? > > Thanks for your (anticipated) helpful advice. There is a fine line betwixt insanity and well.. KIS - Keep it simple - install 5.3, CVSup when 5.4 is out, and so on. Save yourself the "insanity" of leapfrog installing. Master CVSup - and you will not only save much time and beer drinking - well, maybe save you time, but you'll end up being an efficient user of FBSD. -- Best regards, Chris Real programmers don't eat quiche. In fact, real programmers don't know how to spell quiche. They eat twinkies and szechuan food.
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