Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 07:20:28 -0800 (PST) From: Benjamin Ossei <ben@cahostnet.net> To: mij@osdn.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: STABLE Branch Message-ID: <20010206152028.EAFC136F9@sitemail.everyone.net>
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That's all I needed to hear so I'll stay away from it. Thx --- Jim Mock <mij@osdn.com> > wrote: >On Tue, 06 Feb 2001 at 06:55:18 -0800, Benjamin Ossei wrote: >> OK, read it again. I went to the ftp site to study the branches >> again. I hope this is correct. There is a FreeBSD-stable which is >> linked to 4.0-STABLE directory. If I was going to do an install of >> freebsd and wanted to run the stable os from the gate out, (I will >> follow your recommendation though)can I use the FreeBSD-stable as my >> insall directory in the options? Or will I use 4.0-STABLE? Which one >> will the installation be looking for. > >Neither. If you want to install -STABLE from the get go, you need to >install a snapshot, which is a whole different story and tends to >complicate things for new users, which is why I didn't mention it :-) > >> For now I use 4.2-RELEASE so what will it be in my scenerio? > >Ok, start out by reading the "synchronizing your source tree" section of >the handbook. That'll tell you what you need to do. Also take a look >at freebsddiary.org -- there are some articles there on make world that >should help you. Go to the topics and look for upgrading FreeBSD. > >- jim > >-- >jim mock <mij@osdn.com> O|S|D|N open source development network >http://soupnazi.org/ http://osdn.com/ | jim@FreeBSD.org _____________________________________________________________ ========GET YOUR FREE E-MAIL============ http://freemail.cahostnet.net Web Hosting http://www.cahostnet.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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