From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Apr 4 6:23:30 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from serenity.mcc.ac.uk (serenity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.93]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3EAD37B8E8 for ; Tue, 4 Apr 2000 06:23:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97]) by serenity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 1.92 #3) for doc@freebsd.org id 12cTIh-000EDf-00; Tue, 4 Apr 2000 14:23:23 +0100 Received: (from jcm@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id OAA07163 for doc@freebsd.org; Tue, 4 Apr 2000 14:23:23 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jcm) Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 14:23:22 +0100 From: J McKitrick To: doc@freebsd.org Subject: rough doc patch Message-ID: <20000404142322.A7059@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Just a thought for some documentation to be inserted somewhere in the handbook to reduce some confusion. Note to new users: Do not be misled. While staying up to date via cvsup is simple, upgrading across major revisions is not. Due to major changes between revisions, the procedure may become decidedly more complex. The suggestion is to monitor -stable a few weeks before performing the upgrade. It might even be worth monitoring -current before the release becomes official. However, be advised that upgrading from source is NOT for the faint of heart. Upgrading in binary mode via sysinstall is the preferred method for newcomers to FreeBSD. Otherwise, you may face complications, and these may even require reinstalling your system from scratch. However, if you decide to perform the upgrade via source, it might be good to watch -stable for a few weeks after the release, just to see what glitches others have run into. PLEASE do this for your own good. It may save you a great deal of grief farther down the line. NOTE: major upgrades often have special instructions which may even be modified from time to time after the release is made. These are usually found in /src/UPDATING, but revisions are often posted to -stable. They are also VERY important, and could mean the difference between a seamless upgrade and a nightmare of reinstalls and lost data. Proceed with caution. jm -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Jonathon McKitrick -- jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org To Microsoft: Your tyranny that you aspire, is now cracking on every side. Now your own life is in danger. Your Empire is on fire." Front 242 ------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message