From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 28 03:18:22 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41F8316A403 for ; Sat, 28 Oct 2006 03:18:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from root@oldpathsbaptistchurch.org) Received: from mail.hosting-advantage.com (mail.hosting-advantage.com [64.92.112.127]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 15B2E43D45 for ; Sat, 28 Oct 2006 03:18:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from root@oldpathsbaptistchurch.org) Received: (qmail 16741 invoked by uid 399); 28 Oct 2006 03:18:21 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?216.129.238.189?) (216.129.238.189) by mail.hosting-advantage.com with SMTP; 28 Oct 2006 03:18:21 -0000 Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 21:39:42 -0600 (MDT) From: opbc To: Jerry McAllister In-Reply-To: <20061027203814.GB98266@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrade 4.2-? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 03:18:22 -0000 Hello Jerry, Thank you for your response. I am about to acquire the 6.1 disks from friends in Butte, MT. That will solve my little problem. :-) Grins, Z. Wade Hampton On Fri, 27 Oct 2006, Jerry McAllister wrote: > Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 16:38:14 -0400 > From: Jerry McAllister > To: opbc > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: upgrade 4.2-? > > On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 09:05:14AM -0600, opbc wrote: > > > Greetings to all, > > Could someone please tell me how to upgrade my venerable 4.2 to the newer > > and cooler version(s)? > > I think you can do a series of successive cvsups and makes and merges > and do it all, but since 4.2 is much different than 6.xx, and since that > would involve several successive updates it might be quicker and easier > to just back up what you need to save and to a clean new install to the > latest version. (That would be 6.1 at the moment, but 6.2 is scheduled > to be out shortly - schedule says Nov 13). > > Then reload what you need from backups and voila, you're ready to run > again. > > Otherwise, read carefully the sections in the FreeBSD handbook on cvsup > and updating and make buildxxx and make installxxx and mergemaster. > Follow those instructions and it will work. > > ////jerry > > > > > Lane? > > > > Z. Wade Hampton > > Sheridan, Montana > > UNIX PINE 4.21 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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" > _______________________________________________ > 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" > Z. Wade Hampton Sheridan, Montana UNIX PINE 4.21