From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Jul 22 10:22:19 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA13559 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Wed, 22 Jul 1998 10:22:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (suebla.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA13489; Wed, 22 Jul 1998 10:22:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id DAA01824; Thu, 23 Jul 1998 03:21:35 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <19980723032132.08184@welearn.com.au> Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 03:21:32 +1000 From: Sue Blake To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Upgrading and Use of this list (gentle reminder) References: <3.0.5.32.19980722042047.0081abb0@mx.serv.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980722042047.0081abb0@mx.serv.net>; from Tim Gerchmez on Wed, Jul 22, 1998 at 04:20:47AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org (The reason for this note is given below) Please remember that ALL requests for help, AND their answers, including those about installing and upgrading, must be sent to freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, not to -newbies. This is stipulated in the list charters (conditions of use of the FreeBSD mailing lists) at http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/eresources:charters.html (see description of freebsd-newbies plus general conditions at top). A lot more information about using freebsd-newbies and getting help elsewhere is available from http://www.welearn.com.au/freebsd/newbies/ The reason for this reminder is simply because I don't want to see anyone get themselves into strife or cause others to get into strife, either because of misuse of the lists or because of following advice which has not been checked over by the freebsd-questions group. All we are supposed to do here is point people to other lists and on line resources. The list charter (conditions of use) makes that quite clear. With the release of FreeBSD 2.2.7 many people will have questions about installing and upgrading. In particular, these types of questions must be centralised on freebsd-questions. So I'm jumping in now before we get flooded with newbies questions, guesses, answers and miscellaneous advice. Take it all to -questions, please. Many of you might not realise that "upgrading" FreeBSD is not at all like "upgrading" Windows, for example. If you don't follow the correct advice and proceed with great care YOU CAN EASILY KILL YOUR SYSTEM. There is a lot more to it than just selecting "upgrade"!! It's not hard if you know exactly what to do and do it carefully, but any upgrade is risky and what you have to do for FreeBSD might surprise you. FreeBSD-Questions is *the* place for advice and information on upgrading and installing new versions. We will have some new documentation on upgrading, written especially for newbies, fairly soon. Not soon enough for those of you who want to leap in with 2.2.7 though. Get all of your installing tips by subscribing to freebsd-questions and/or searching the mail archives regularly. I will point you to any relevant information as it becomes available. Ask here if you want to know where to find some information or how to use the mailing lists, or to discuss non-technical topics related to newbies and the way we learn. And if people who don't know better wander in here with their questions or offer to help with answers, please either ignore them or politely redirect them to -questions. -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message