From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 9 16:16:39 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA13060 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 9 Nov 1998 16:16:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA12974 for ; Mon, 9 Nov 1998 16:15:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA10080; Mon, 9 Nov 1998 16:14:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 16:14:40 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: Marko cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Upgrade from 2.2.6 to higher In-Reply-To: <01be079e$341a0420$5083b7d1@vidbox> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 3 Nov 1998, Marko wrote: > At my workplace we are currently running FreeBSD v2.2.6 > and they require someone to upgrade it to v2.2.7 or better. > What is the newest stable version and does that mean just downloading and > compiling a new kernel or do I need to upgrade > everything (do the "make world" thing)? > Are there quick instructions for doing this upgrade anywhere? 1. Make 2.2.7 boot floppy. 2. Boot 2.2.7 boot floppy (or CD). 3. Select 'upgrade'. > PS-Also, how hard would it be to transfer the whole system to a new > hard drive? cp -Rp /old /new Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message