Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 03:05:38 -0400 From: Jim Brown <jpb@sixshooter.v6.thrupoint.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD-update Message-ID: <20020903070537.GA94911@sixshooter.v6.thrupoint.net> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20020902193000.01aeea98@j.imap.itd.umich.edu> References: <9b.2ce4424a.2aa3c7d6@aol.com> <5.1.0.14.2.20020902193000.01aeea98@j.imap.itd.umich.edu>
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* John Chang <johnec@umich.edu> [2002-09-02 19:34]: > Newbie. What are the different ways of updating/upgrading the OS, Apache, > MySql? What are the pros and cons? If I want the OS to be as basic as > possible so that it only has what I need What is the best way to do it? > > Thank you. There are two different questions here: To get the most basic FreeBSD, choose the "Smallest installation possible" from the istallation menu (can't remember the exact wording, but it's there.) You get a basic OS, no development and no fancy applications. To simplify your use of various applications, use the FreeBSD ports tree, and use the 'portupgrade' port. However, to use this stuff, you'll need to install more than the smallest possbile distro. Choose a basic user, or basic developer distro. Lots of reading ahead of you. The FreeBSD Handbook at http://www.freebsd.org/handbook is very helpful. HTH, jpb === To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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