Date: Sun, 07 Nov 1999 17:44:44 GMT From: Marty Cawthon <mrc@ChipChat.com> To: jeggly@glol.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: UPGRADING FROM BSD 2.0 Message-ID: <19991107174444U.mrc@ChipChat.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 6 Nov 1999 20:32:05 -0500" <000801bf28bf$e9075660$9c7fb2c7@friendsdetpvt.k12.mi.us> References: <000801bf28bf$e9075660$9c7fb2c7@friendsdetpvt.k12.mi.us>
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From: "Joseph Eggly" <jeggly@glol.net> jeggly> Our school was part of the AT&T grant program and we received an HP internet server with BSDI 2.0 as our OS. We use it strictly for internet access, website managment, and e-mail management (through BBN Front Door). I just picked up Walnut Creeks Free BSD and want to know if there are going to be any problems upgrading. Is there anything I have to do to preserve our settings during the installation of Free BSD? Thank you for your help. jeggly> Joe Eggly jeggly> Friends School In Detroit Hello Joe, There are several BSD operating sytems available: BSDI http://www.bsdi.com According to your message, this is what you have presently installed. FreeBSD http://www.FreeBSD.org According to your message, you recently acquired the CD-ROM for this O.S. OpenBSD http://www.OpenBSD.org NetBSD http://www.NetBSD.org All of these operating systems are based upon BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) Unix, but they are not exactly the same. It is easy to be confused about this on your first introduction to BSD systems. To talk about 'upgrading' BSDI 2.0 to FreeBSD 3.3 is not correct. There is really no relationship between BSDI '2.0' and FreeBSD '3.3'. Each group maintains their own numbering scheme. So do not feel that your BSDI 2.0 is "way behind" FreeBSD 3.3 just because 2 is less than 3.3 You could, if you wanted to, replace BSDI with FreeBSD, but you would have to be careful about backing up BSDI with particular care to some special system files to maintain the same configuration. I recommend that you NOT do this. To upgrade your BSDI system I suggest that you contact BSDI (see the URL web address above). To experiment with FreeBSD I suggest that you install it on another computer. All of the above mentioned BSD systems are excellent systems. You will not go wrong by sticking with BSDI. FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD are also excellent systems. I am local to Detroit, and have listed my telephone number in case you want further clarification or discussion. Marty Cawthon ChipChat Dearborn, Michigan Tel: 313-565-4000 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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