From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 19 14:53:44 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB16916A41F for ; Mon, 19 Sep 2005 14:53:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lists@mediamill.co.za) Received: from ctb-mesg9.saix.net (ctb-mesg9.saix.net [196.25.240.89]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 495DD43D46 for ; Mon, 19 Sep 2005 14:53:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lists@mediamill.co.za) Received: from [192.168.1.203] (rndf-146-40-169.telkomadsl.co.za [165.146.40.169]) by ctb-mesg9.saix.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50A107511; Mon, 19 Sep 2005 16:53:41 +0200 (SAST) Message-ID: <432ED17C.4010207@mediamill.co.za> Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 16:55:56 +0200 From: Gavin McDougall User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (Windows/20050317) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mark Kane References: <000601c5bd07$7ca11780$0301a8c0@glynnc4f30bbab> <432EA55C.7030403@mediamill.co.za> <432ECB10.1020705@mkproductions.org> In-Reply-To: <432ECB10.1020705@mkproductions.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: glm , questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FREESBIE 1.1 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: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 14:53:44 -0000 Mark Kane wrote: > Gavin McDougall wrote: > >> >> glm wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> Can I install FREESBEE 1.1 and then upgrade from the installed >>> FreeBSD 5.3 to 5.4 using the Release CD. >> >> >> >> Hi there, >> >> I wouldn't think so 'cos FreeSBIE is based on FreeBSD 6.X. > > > FreeSBIE is based on FreeBSD 5.3. Their last release was on December 6, > 2004 (5.3 came out in November), so it can't be 6.X. > >> If you want 5.3 or 5.4 then why not just do a normal installation ?? > > > From their FAQ: > > ------------------- > Is there a way to install FreeSBIE on my HD ? > > Yes ! Since FreeSBIE 1.1 it's possible to use the BSDInstaller to > install FreeSBIE on your hard drive, and then turn it into FreeBSD > 5.3-STABLE by means of cvsup > ------------------- > > But I would do what Gavin said and do a real install of 5.4. It's really > not hard. :) > Huge apologies for giving you the wrong info there Mark, I was thinking of another live distro. FreeSBIE is pretty cool though. I looked at that FAQ now and it says you can upgrade to 5.3 by using ports. Do you know how the ports collection works? I think the ports is the best way of managed packaged and programs that I have ever seen. Maybe you can do as you were wanting to. Once again, sorry for the mis-information. Regards, Gavin