Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 03:18:14 +0500 From: "Iain Dooley" <iain_dooley@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Maintaining a Minimal Installation for a Small HDD Message-ID: <BAY15-F259CEC417AC6D5CF72C6828B3D0@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <44hdil8bn2.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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hi lowell, >The recommended path is to do a binary upgrade. 5.4 will be out in a >few weeks, and release candidate builds are available now. to what extent does building the sources on my machine affect the resulting binaries? to be more specific: i read the freebsd handbook section on maintaining multiple systems from one 'build machine'. if i were to allocate one of the machines on my network to build sources into binaries, say my HP PII, would those binaries be appropriate to install on my thinkpad? my understanding is that i could take a subset of those binaries and install them on my laptop, and then build the kernel from the thinkpad and this would work (assuming i got all the binaries right). is that correct? cheers iain _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/
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