From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Apr 19 2: 7:52 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from 12-234-22-238.client.attbi.com (12-234-90-219.client.attbi.com [12.234.90.219]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E908E37B416 for ; Fri, 19 Apr 2002 02:07:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Master.gorean.org (master.gorean.org [10.0.0.2]) by 12-234-22-238.client.attbi.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g3J97lHt042130; Fri, 19 Apr 2002 02:07:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from DougB@FreeBSD.org) Received: from Master.gorean.org (zoot [127.0.0.1]) by Master.gorean.org (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g3J97nLr010470; Fri, 19 Apr 2002 02:07:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from DougB@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (doug@localhost) by Master.gorean.org (8.12.2/8.12.2/Submit) with ESMTP id g3J97nta010467; Fri, 19 Apr 2002 02:07:49 -0700 (PDT) X-Authentication-Warning: Master.gorean.org: doug owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 02:07:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton X-X-Sender: doug@master.gorean.org To: Frank Gilmurray Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Soft Updates In-Reply-To: <3CBF23CB.56A9BB70@iprg.nokia.com> Message-ID: <20020419020113.D10172-100000@master.gorean.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org For future reference, you should send questions to freebsd-questions. This list is for new users to discuss their experiences. On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, Frank Gilmurray wrote: > I'd like to install Soft Updates on a FreeBSD 3.5.1 system Don't bother with 3.x, you should really start over with a clean 4.5 system. There are huge improvements that you'll want to take advantage of, including in the softupdates code. Your best chance of success is to back up your important data, do a fresh install of 4.5-release (which lets you turn on softupdates on install) and go from there. You might also consider checking out http://snapshots.jp.freebsd.org/ for a more recent -stable snapshot. Good luck. -- "We have known freedom's price. We have shown freedom's power. And in this great conflict, ... we will see freedom's victory." - George W. Bush, President of the United States State of the Union, January 28, 2002 Do YOU Yahoo!? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message