Date: 30 Mar 2004 13:59:34 +0200 From: peter@bgnett.no (Peter N. M. Hansteen) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: "Lyndon M. Realubit" <ljmrealubit@digitelone.com> Subject: Re: My FreeBSD 3.2 Message-ID: <87k712y28p.fsf@tosh.datadok.no> In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.0.20040330163453.0296bc90@ippphil.com.ph> References: <6.0.0.22.0.20040330163453.0296bc90@ippphil.com.ph>
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"Lyndon M. Realubit" <ljmrealubit@digitelone.com> writes: > In no apparent reason, I have used my 4-disc of FreeBSD 3.2 since I bought > it. I read the book but now I want to install it. Now my question, if I > install them is there a long shot to get by CSV the new FreeBSD 5.2.1 > kernel and porting other supporting softwares. What steps should I do to > eventually have the new release? Reading the handbook on-line, I found that > it confusing how to compile the FREEBSD either by the old way or the new way. Upgrading by cvsuping all the way from 3.2 to 5.2.1 is likely to take a long time, and as far as I know should not be done in one step. Seriously, you'll save yourself a lot of trouble by just installing the newer release clean and restoring whatever it is you need (such as home directories) from a reliable backup. - P -- Peter N. M. Hansteen, member of the first RFC 1149 implementation team http://www.blug.linux.no/rfc1149/ http://www.datadok.no/ "First, we kill all the spammers" The Usenet Bard, "Twice-forwarded tales"
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