From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 23 20:39:35 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 2C4AF16A407 for ; Sat, 23 Sep 2006 20:39:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from hobbiton.shire.net (mail.shire.net [166.70.252.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFC6343D45 for ; Sat, 23 Sep 2006 20:39:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from [67.171.127.191] (helo=[192.168.99.68]) by hobbiton.shire.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.51) id 1GREHe-000Cey-7K; Sat, 23 Sep 2006 14:39:34 -0600 In-Reply-To: <20060923203409.64218.qmail@web34314.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20060923203409.64218.qmail@web34314.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 14:39:33 -0600 To: Jason Artz X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 67.171.127.191 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: chad@shire.net X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on hobbiton.shire.net); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Want to install RELEASE-6.1, have 5.3 disks 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, 23 Sep 2006 20:39:35 -0000 On Sep 23, 2006, at 2:34 PM, Jason Artz wrote: > Hello, > > I want to install FreeBSD 6.1 on my system, but I only > have a version 5.3 CD. I can tell sysinstall to get > 6.1 instead of 5.3 via FTP (under "Options, Release > name"), but I read that using an old sysinstall to > install a new version is a bad idea. I cannot figure > out how to obtain a new sysinstall without making boot > floppies (I have no floppy drive nor a CDRW). Can I > install 5.3 and then somehow upgrade via FTP to 6.1? > Or download the new sysinstall to my 5.3 installation, > run it, and install 6.1 instead? What's the best > method? Can you just download the 6.1 iso disks and make new installer disks? Otherwise, you can install 5.3 and use cvsup to upgrade to 6.1 through a source upgrade. Just follow the instructions carefully. Chad > > Thanks, > Jason > _______________________________________________ > 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" --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad at shire.net