From owner-freebsd-doc Sun Oct 15 12:49: 7 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from pemaquid.safeport.com (pemaquid.safeport.com [204.156.12.58]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 705D737B66D for ; Sun, 15 Oct 2000 12:49:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (doug@localhost) by pemaquid.safeport.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA22558 for ; Sun, 15 Oct 2000 15:49:03 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from doug@safeport.com) X-Authentication-Warning: pemaquid.safeport.com: doug owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 15:49:03 -0400 (EDT) From: To: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: How do I upgrade from 3.X -> 4.X? Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I was looking for the best way to have a relatively non-technical coworker maintain FreeBSD on a laptop with small (2GB) disk. In reading "How do I upgrade from 3.X -> 4.X?" in the FAQ section I found: A: We strongly recommend that you use binary snapshots to do this. 4-STABLE snapshots are available at releng4.FreeBSD.org. If you wish to upgrade using source, please see the FreeBSD Handbook for more information. Upgrading via source is never recommended for new users, and upgading from 3.X -> 4.X is even less so; make sure you have read the instructions carefully before attempting to upgrade via source this! However from ftp://releng4.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/README-40.TXT: ----------------------------------------- FreeBSD 4.1 --- SNAPSHOT Version ----------------------------------------- This is a snapshot release of the 4.1.1-stable (RELENG_4) branch which is currently moving towards the release of 4.2. : : TARGET AUDIENCE: ---------------- This release is aimed primarily at early-adopters and the various other folks who want to get involved with the ongoing development of FreeBSD and are willing to deal with a few bumps in the road. We do our best to ensure that each snapshot works as advertised, but tracking -stable is a process which sometimes has its off days. : : Was there a change in philosophy? Two spelling knits: 1) upgading ==> upgrading 2) ...the instructions carefully before attempting to upgrade via source this! (probably delete this??) From the README file I would think the best way for non-technical people would be to install 4.x from CD-ROM, FTP, or whatever and then put local etc changes back by hand. It seems to me, the best answer to my real question is to maintain the source tree on a larger system, maintain that with cvsup and NFS mount the source tree to build and install packages etc. Two questions: if this is correct, is there some guidance on doing this? If not, I would be happy to write one to contribute. I would be happy to take a shot at this regardless of the proper answer to the question. _____ Douglas Denault doug@safeport.com Voice: 301-469-8766 Fax: 301-469-0601 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message