From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 31 8: 4:20 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from dart.sr.se (dart.SR.SE [193.12.91.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32C5D150DE for ; Wed, 31 Mar 1999 08:04:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gunnar@pluto.sr.se) Received: from honken.sr.se ([134.25.128.27]) by dart.sr.se (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA12628; Wed, 31 Mar 1999 18:03:39 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from pluto.sr.se (pluto.SR.SE [134.25.193.91]) by honken.sr.se (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA08359; Wed, 31 Mar 1999 18:03:38 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from gunnar@localhost) by pluto.sr.se (8.9.2/8.9.1) id SAA40192; Wed, 31 Mar 1999 18:03:38 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from gunnar) Message-ID: <19990331180338.A40159@sr.se> Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 18:03:38 +0200 From: Gunnar Flygt To: "Brian D. Woodruff" Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: 3.1 UNstable Reply-To: r@pluto.sr.se References: <3.0.6.32.19990330142132.009573e0@freeq.com> <3.0.6.32.19990328111310.008b1840@freeq.com> <3.0.6.32.19990327211654.008b91f0@freeq.com> <3.0.6.32.19990328111310.008b1840@freeq.com> <19990330110358.25780.qmail@alpha.comkey.com.au> <3.0.6.32.19990330142132.009573e0@freeq.com> <19990331135916.A39774@sr.se> <3.0.6.32.19990331090226.008bdd30@freeq.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.19990331090226.008bdd30@freeq.com>; from Brian D. Woodruff on Wed, Mar 31, 1999 at 09:02:26AM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Mar 31, 1999 at 09:02:26AM -0600, Brian D. Woodruff wrote: > >> > > >> >> If you want to get 3.1-RELEASE or 3.1-STABLE (which is currently a link > >> >> back to 3.1-RELEASE), you MUST use the floppy disks for 3.1-RELEASE, > >> > > >> >I don't want to belittle you or the troubles you've had with > >> >this, but I think there's a point that's worth making here. > >> > > >> >When installing some new OS, you should always use the bits and > >> >pieces that belong to that version of the OS. This is basic > >> >stuff for anybody who wants to retain their sanity and applies > >> >to all OSes, not just FreeBSD. > >> > >> Every version of FreeBSD I've ever used comes with a program called > >> /stand/sysinstall which has an option called "upgrade". This option doesn't > >> work if you're upgrading to 3.1 from *any* prior version, including 3.0. If > > > >I made my upgrade from 3.0-RELEASE -> 3.1-RELEASE using the 3.1 floppies > >and the option UPGRADE in sysinstall No problems! I've NEVER had any > >problems using the right floppies and the upgrade choice, except from my > >home box, which had a lot of installs not made from the ports. > > maybe installing from floppies is different from installing off the net? > comments? I didn't install from floppies. I just started the installation with the 3.1-RELEASE boot floppies. The rest went on from ftp! -- __o regards, Gunnar ---_ \<,_ email: flygt@sr.se ---- (_)/ (_) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message