Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 22:09:30 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <charon@labs.gr> To: Nathan Mace <nmace85@yahoo.com> Cc: "Albert D. Cahalan" <acahalan@cs.uml.edu>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Why FreeBSD over Redhat Linux? Message-ID: <20010917220929.A5710@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <20010917113831.3564a20d.nmace85@yahoo.com>; from nmace85@yahoo.com on Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 11:38:31AM -0400 References: <200109170614.f8H6EVv65208@saturn.cs.uml.edu> <20010917113831.3564a20d.nmace85@yahoo.com>
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Nathan Mace <nmace85@yahoo.com> wrote: > On Mon, 17 Sep 2001 02:14:31 -0400 (EDT) > "Albert D. Cahalan" <acahalan@cs.uml.edu> wrote: > > > > 2) the only way to upgrade from redhat 7.1 to 7.2(when it comes out) > > > is to wipe out everything and re-install. > > > > No, Red Hat supports an upgrade install. You boot from the CD-ROM, > > then tell the install program to do an upgrade instead of a fresh > > install. You MUST NOT try to upgrade from a pile of loose RPMs! > > Hmmm, I'm guessing that this is exactly what you did. > > > > If you would like to upgrade a live Linux system, you need to be > > running Debian. In that case, even /sbin/init and the C library > > may be fully upgraded without a reboot. > > > > yes, the system i was trying to upgrade did have a number of 3rd > party rpms installed, if thats what you mean. but having a number > of ports installed on bsd doesn't mess up an upgrade does it? i > think not Ports are /not/ third party stuff in FreeBSD. The analogy does not properly fit here. Something analogous to third party RPM packages would be .tgz packages that you grab from a random site and pkd_add to your FreeBSD box. -giorgos To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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