Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 23:50:55 -0700 From: Kevin Stevens <Kevin_Stevens@pursued-with.net> To: Iain <iain@voffice.myspinach.org> Cc: questions@freeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: upgrade to 4.7 over net? Message-ID: <9E268282-E0D3-11D6-A8F8-003065715DA8@pursued-with.net> In-Reply-To: <200210161631.16703.iain@voffice.myspinach.org>
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On Tuesday, Oct 15, 2002, at 23:31 US/Pacific, Iain wrote: > I was just wondering if it is possible to upgrade from 4.6.2 -> 4.7 > via the > net. Is this possible on a running system? Possible but not recommended/supported. > I have read the stuff about upgrading in the release notes but it is a > bit > vague. It says you should try /stand/sysinstall but from the version > you are > upgrading to. So does this mean that you copy sysinstall onto the > system you > will be upgrading from the CD or from the internet? The closest approved method I've identified is to download and burn the floppy install images, boot from those, and do a binary upgrade from sysinstall with the source being the ftp server. KeS To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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