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Date:      Tue, 6 Feb 2001 10:00:50 -0500
From:      Jim Mock <mij@osdn.com>
To:        Benjamin Ossei <ben@cahostnet.net>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: STABLE Branch
Message-ID:  <20010206100049.A7059@guinness.osdn.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010206145518.704C336F9@sitemail.everyone.net>; from ben@cahostnet.net on Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 06:55:18AM -0800
References:  <20010206145518.704C336F9@sitemail.everyone.net>

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On Tue, 06 Feb 2001 at 06:55:18 -0800, Benjamin Ossei wrote:
> OK, read it again.  I went to the ftp site to study the branches 
> again.  I hope this is correct.  There is a FreeBSD-stable which is 
> linked to 4.0-STABLE directory.  If I was going to do an install of 
> freebsd and wanted to run the stable os from the gate out, (I will 
> follow your recommendation though)can I use the FreeBSD-stable as my 
> insall directory in the options?  Or will I use 4.0-STABLE?  Which one 
> will the installation be looking for.

Neither.  If you want to install -STABLE from the get go, you need to 
install a snapshot, which is a whole different story and tends to 
complicate things for new users, which is why I didn't mention it :-)

> For now I use 4.2-RELEASE so what will it be in my scenerio?

Ok, start out by reading the "synchronizing your source tree" section of 
the handbook.  That'll tell you what you need to do.  Also take a look 
at freebsddiary.org -- there are some articles there on make world that 
should help you.  Go to the topics and look for upgrading FreeBSD.

- jim

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