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Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 22:02:12 -0500
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Subject: RE: Linux vs. FreeBSD
Cc: Dan Pelleg <daniel+fbsdq@pelleg.org>
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At 20:39 10/23/2002, Dan Pelleg, wrote:
>FreeBSD systems are easy to maintain. You can do a source upgrade,
>or a binary upgrade, and the system will go through it and boot
>to the new version without a hitch. On one system I have I've gone from
>FreeBSD 4.1 to 4.7, including every release in between, without ever
>touching the console. When a major version comes out, I typically
>upgrade 10 systems in multiple locations, all within half a day
>without leaving my office.

Pray tell, how do you do this?

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