Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 21:07:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: Dave Babler <dbabler@Rigel.orionsys.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Updating advice Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960605210332.16218F-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960605103347.2987A-100000@Rigel.orionsys.com>
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On Wed, 5 Jun 1996, Dave Babler wrote: > I am currently running 2.0.5 installed vie floppies from the Walnut Creek > CD. Hardware is a 486DX2-66, 500MB Maxtor IDE, 16MB RAM, Intel > EtherExpress and an internet connection. The initial installation was a > "look-see" ... I liked what I saw. The original installation was via > floppy images because I had no CD-ROM on the target machine. OK so far. You're a bit behind on 2.0.5. > I've since > been adding bits and pieces with the ports collection and now have the 2.1 > CD. I have been unable to make a spare CD-ROM drive and controller work. > The controller, a Future Domain 840 is recognized by the sea0 driver, but > the drive (an NEC CDR-36) is not. The driver returns "arbitration > timeout" when probing for devices. So unless somebody can help me fix > that one, I still can't directly access the CD. Try upgrading to 2.1-R or wait for the upcoming 2.1.1-R. > I keep finding that the ports files are behind the available distfiles, > and often the specified source isn't even available any more. I also > would like to update the whole release to -stable or -current but at a > loss to determine a rational way to do that without losing what work I've > done. With only 500MB to work with (less... I need to reset as much as I > can for users) I'm not sure it's feasable to maintain the whole source > tree. I have no desire for any X-windows applications - the system is > intended for use by ANSI-only users. As mentioned, I have a live internet > connection. What is my best path for upgrading? Well, you need enough to get the whole source tree and rebuild. That is a requirement. I'm in a similar predicament as you, although I have a 500 mb disk that I've filled with all my junk. :-) I'm going to trade the contents of my 1gb Western Digital and this 540mb Maxtor. Just don't use DOS as much as I used to. :-) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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