From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 19 23:58:44 2003 Return-Path: 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 D8BA337B401 for ; Mon, 19 May 2003 23:58:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Gina.esfm.ipn.mx (esfm.ipn.mx [148.204.102.61]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B39E43FCB for ; Mon, 19 May 2003 23:58:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mrspock@esfm.ipn.mx) Received: from Gina.esfm.ipn.mx (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Gina.esfm.ipn.mx (8.12.6p2/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h4K6wATT000438; Tue, 20 May 2003 01:58:10 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from mrspock@esfm.ipn.mx) Received: from localhost (mrspock@localhost)h4K6wACu000435; Tue, 20 May 2003 01:58:10 -0500 (CDT) X-Authentication-Warning: Gina.esfm.ipn.mx: mrspock owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 01:58:10 -0500 (CDT) From: Eduardo Viruena Silva To: HarryH In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20030520015241.W99845@Gina.esfm.ipn.mx> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: FreeBSD Unix Questions Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.7 vs 4.8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 06:58:45 -0000 On Mon, 19 May 2003, HarryH wrote: > Hi, > > I am new to BDS. I downloaded Rel 4.7 which takes up 6 CDs (one is a > mini Unix I understand that is not needed). I later downloaded Rel 4.8, > 3CDs (one is a mini). Should I install 4.8 to get the latest or do 4.7 > first as it has more CDs and then upgrade with 4.8? nop, just install FreeBSD 4.8. > What is a newbie to do? - Split your lines after column 72 :-) - Read the handbook: /usr/share/doc/en/books/handbook/index.html or http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/ > > Thanks, > Harry Eduardo.