Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 12:15:49 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: "Byung-hee H." <bh@izb.knu.ac.kr> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.x -> 5.x Message-ID: <20040107121549.GC86459@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20040107104515.GA42786@izb.knu.ac.kr> References: <20040107104515.GA42786@izb.knu.ac.kr>
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--p2kqVDKq5asng8Dg Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 07:45:15PM +0900, Byung-hee H. wrote: > i want upgrade from 4.x to 5.x > Can you tell me a way? The easiest way is to back up all your important files from your 4.x system and wipe your disk and do a clean install of 5.x on it. Then recover your stuff from the backup. This has a number of advantages: you can resize your partitions -- something that often needs to be done with a major bump in version numbers -- and you can create UFS2 filesystems. It is possible to upgrade from 4.x to 5.x by downloading the sources and compiling and installing. However, the procedure is fairly complex with all sorts of trickly 'gotchas' that have to be worked around. Not suitable for inexperienced users. See http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/UPDATING?rev=3D1.282.2.3&content-= type=3Dtext/x-cvsweb-markup for all of the gory details. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --p2kqVDKq5asng8Dg Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/+/h1dtESqEQa7a0RAnPHAJ9iaWhmoroFRnRk2VU5cmjx2WO2+wCgiREs RV+iiEpHh1frT3UaNT97H6k= =578U -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --p2kqVDKq5asng8Dg--
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