From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 3 0: 5:48 2002 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 3C90D37B400 for ; Tue, 3 Sep 2002 00:05:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sixshooter.v6.thrupoint.net (sixshooter.v6.thrupoint.net [65.242.152.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB32343E6E for ; Tue, 3 Sep 2002 00:05:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jpb@sixshooter.v6.thrupoint.net) Received: by sixshooter.v6.thrupoint.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 14931107A3; Tue, 3 Sep 2002 03:05:38 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 03:05:38 -0400 From: Jim Brown To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD-update Message-ID: <20020903070537.GA94911@sixshooter.v6.thrupoint.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <9b.2ce4424a.2aa3c7d6@aol.com> <5.1.0.14.2.20020902193000.01aeea98@j.imap.itd.umich.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20020902193000.01aeea98@j.imap.itd.umich.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * John Chang [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