Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 17:45:10 +0000 From: John Murphy <jfm@blueyonder.co.uk> To: newbies@freebsd.org Cc: stormjumper@myrealbox.com Subject: Re: how does one upgrade from 4.8 to 4.9 Message-ID: <qm2q20ljgnmhfkgbirfpn4sh0fvafo5oki@4ax.com> In-Reply-To: <012e01c3f231$c87a3f80$bf7ba8c0@stf.nus.edu.sg> References: <012e01c3f231$c87a3f80$bf7ba8c0@stf.nus.edu.sg>
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"stormjumper" <stormjumper@myrealbox.com> wrote: >hi everyone, > >I'm running FreeBSD 4.8 at the moment, just wondering if someone can = point >me to a relevant web-page take explains the process of upgrading to a >different version clearly. See http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.9R/relnotes-i386.html#UPGRADE Which explains that there are two ways, binary or source. It also = mentions that you read /usr/src/UPDATING (when you have the new sources) as well. >Is there an issue if i "skip" versions, say from 4.4 to 4.9? or 4.8 to = 5.2, >the RELEASE issues notwithstanding? 4.4 to 4.9 should be straightforward but 4.8 to 5.2 would be harder, but = all possible issues are usually well covered in /usr/src/UPDATING. --=20 HTH, John.
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