From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 5 16:02:34 2005 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 19FAF16A41F for ; Sat, 5 Nov 2005 16:02:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B463D43D45 for ; Sat, 5 Nov 2005 16:02:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.2) with ESMTP id jA5G2X38006550; Sat, 5 Nov 2005 11:02:33 -0500 (EST) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.2/Submit) id jA5G2XZk006549; Sat, 5 Nov 2005 11:02:33 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200511051602.jA5G2XZk006549@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: loupgaroublond@gmail.com (Yaakov Nemoy) Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 11:02:33 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <7f692fec0511050411y3e879ef2ha42577a314fd8a68@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL7] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to upgrade? 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, 05 Nov 2005 16:02:34 -0000 > > Hi, > > I'm sure this question has been asked before, but I couldn't find any > good help in the documentation, and its only my 5th day using freebsd > so i'm not really sure where to look. > > i installed 5.4-RELEASE from a CD and I want to upgrade to 6.0-RELEASE > using binary packages. my computer is far too slow and doesn't really > have enough hard drive space to compile the entire BSD system, nor do > I have a CD burner to make myself a new CD. how do I upgrade my > system from binary packages without breaking it in the middle? If you have only had FreeBSD on the machine for 5 days, you might want to consider just starting over with a scratch install. Just save off any few files you have created in those 5 days somewhere and then do a regular install of V-6 and put back what you need. That would get you a clean copy of everything. > once again, i apologize if this has been asked too many times. even a > vague reference to some 3 year old mailing list post will probably > help me though. On the other hand, if the idea of learning the upgrade process is a higher priority that just getting to V-6, then, yes, it is extensively documented in the handbook and in lots of online publications and private web pages and in the archives. Most of these will not refer specifically to doing a 5.4 to 6.0 upgrade, but the process will be the same. ////jerry > -Yaakov > _______________________________________________ > 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"