Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 12:17:28 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz> To: "James J." <faze@soon.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: updateing from 4.0 - 4.4 Message-ID: <20011002121728.A82352@jonc.itouch> In-Reply-To: <20011001233035.31318.qmail@mail.com>; from faze@soon.com on Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 07:30:34AM %2B0800 References: <20011001233035.31318.qmail@mail.com>
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On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 07:30:34AM +0800, James J. wrote:
> hi,
> im not the most expierenced user, I was woundering if it were possible
> to update from FreeBSD4.0 - FreeBSD 4.4 without a clean install(format
> and install) ? if so how ? or where can i find directions on how to do
> this?
If you have the 4.4 CD, you can choose the Upgrade option from the
installation menu. The alternative is to cvsup the sources and then
build a 4.4 system from it.
If you choose the latter option (you'll learn a lot more!), instructions
are available from:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html
Cheers.
--
Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz>
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