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Date:      Mon, 4 Aug 2003 00:21:06 -0400
From:      "Bob Hall" <rjhjr@cox.net>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Need some help =(
Message-ID:  <20030804042106.GC23334@kongemord.krig.net>
In-Reply-To: <Sea2-F12L20Nd1nHg7X00015807@hotmail.com>
References:  <Sea2-F12L20Nd1nHg7X00015807@hotmail.com>

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On Sun, Aug 03, 2003 at 10:47:36PM -0500, Joey Mingrone wrote:
> >Hi! I am pretty new to FreeBSD, however, I do really enjoy useing it, its 
> >a GREAT server platform.
> It makes a pretty darn good desktop too.  :-)
> 
> Anyway, on to my question.  I for the life of me can't figure out how to 
> update my system.  Everything I read REALLY confuses me.  I was hopeing it 
> would be something as simple as emerge world or system like in Gentoo 
> Linux. Anyway, If you could give me a step by step newbie install guide, 
>  that would help VERY much!  Thanks
> >
> >
> >-Eric
> 
> Have you read 
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge.html 
> ?  It's pretty close to a step-by-step guide to updating your system.  It's 
> only a few pages long and quite well written.

In addition, FreeBSD Unleashed and Annalise Anderson's FBSD book both 
contain good step-by-step guides. I prefer Anderson's instructions to 
the other two, but only by a very small margin. I wouldn't hesitate to 
use either the handbook or FreeBSD Unleashed. 

Bob Hall



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