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Date:      Fri, 06 Oct 2000 12:15:25 +0200 (IST)
From:      Roman Shterenzon <roman@harmonic.co.il>
To:        Bap <bap@a1.org.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: stable on multiple machines
Message-ID:  <970827325.39dda63d55e63@webmail.harmonic.co.il>
In-Reply-To: <200010060938.KAA64845@ns.a1.org.uk>
References:  <200010060938.KAA64845@ns.a1.org.uk>

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Quoting Bap <bap@a1.org.uk>:

> Can anyone tell me the best way of doing the following:
> 
> I have 3 machines - 2 faily decent, and a 486DX2 66, 16M, 230M HDD (
> just got a 500M to add to it! )
> 
> The 486 has been sitting as a dialup gw for a couple of years running
> 2.2.6-RELEASE ( have never had any problems )
> I am going to get a permenant connection to the net using a 56k modem so
> thought it was about time I upgraded to track STABLE on the router.
> 
> I know I can cvsup and build sources on my best machine, then NFS mount
> and install on the other decent machine.
> 
> What is the best way of doing this for the 486, as it will obviously
> need the absolute minimum install to fit comfortably?
> 
> Thanks for any ideas,
> Bap.
I don't see point in upgrading a perfectly working machine.
Anyway, 4.x seems to be more memory hungry, so 3.5.1 might be a better option
for you. 

--Roman Shterenzon, UNIX System Administrator and Consultant
[ Xpert UNIX Systems Ltd., Herzlia, Israel. Tel: +972-9-9522361 ]


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