Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 08:30:30 -0600 From: Eric F Crist <ecrist@secure-computing.net> To: Yaakov Nemoy <loupgaroublond@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to upgrade? Message-ID: <E1DBE9EA-C6DA-4C58-9E49-ECD424FB2D53@secure-computing.net> In-Reply-To: <7f692fec0511050624t491e506tb4038482a1e92770@mail.gmail.com> References: <7f692fec0511050411y3e879ef2ha42577a314fd8a68@mail.gmail.com> <8F425AB8-A939-4637-921E-02322A82DEB8@secure-computing.net> <7f692fec0511050624t491e506tb4038482a1e92770@mail.gmail.com>
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Sure, why not? Make sure you have no other users, though. On Nov 5, 2005, at 8:24 AM, Yaakov Nemoy wrote: > On 11/5/05, Eric F Crist <ecrist@secure-computing.net> wrote: >> On Nov 5, 2005, at 6:11 AM, Yaakov Nemoy wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm sure this question has been asked before, but I couldn't find >>> any >>> good help in the documentation, and its only my 5th day using >>> freebsd >>> so i'm not really sure where to look. >>> >>> i installed 5.4-RELEASE from a CD and I want to upgrade to 6.0- >>> RELEASE >>> using binary packages. my computer is far too slow and doesn't >>> really >>> have enough hard drive space to compile the entire BSD system, >>> nor do >>> I have a CD burner to make myself a new CD. how do I upgrade my >>> system from binary packages without breaking it in the middle? >>> >>> once again, i apologize if this has been asked too many times. >>> even a >>> vague reference to some 3 year old mailing list post will probably >>> help me though. >> >> You *could* browse the list archives, but that *is* a lot of work. I >> suppose I'll just briefly answer this. >> >> boot from cd. >> change options so that your version read 6.0-RELEASE >> choose upgrade from menu >> choose FTP as your installation source >> run install > > I just finished trying that out. The 5.4-RELEASE CD doesn't want to > actually connect to any of the servers. It has no problem getting > DHCP and and IP address, which I find very strange. I am using an > Acer Extensa laptop from 1998, with a 3com NIC on PCMCIA. I think its > the "vortex" chipset but i'm not sure. That could have something to > do with it. > > In any case, is it safe to do this procedure from sysinstall running > on the live system itself? is this even possible? > > -Yaakov > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > ----- Eric F Crist Secure Computing Networks http://www.secure-computing.net
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