Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 09:22:38 +1000 From: Nick Withers <nick@nickwithers.com> To: nectar76 <nectar020@163.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to update freebsd 5.4 to 6.1 via no Internet and CD or DVD media Message-ID: <20060721092238.94d66f53.nick@nickwithers.com> In-Reply-To: <op.tczb9ktdn67to8@ench-6efefcac85.rednet> References: <op.tczb9ktdn67to8@ench-6efefcac85.rednet>
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On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 16:52:22 +0800 nectar76 <nectar020@163.com> wrote: > > Hi, I have a USB WLAN Adapter, and have no idea to work on FreeBSD 5.4, > but there is a driver called p54u (http://prism54.org/newdrivers.html)can > try, but it is recommend to work on FreeBSD 6. > > I done: > 1. download freebsd 6.1 iso and unzip files, want to update system at > local, but failed; Did you try the binary upgrade option (I can't recall exactly what it's called in the sysinstall root menu, if not "Binary upgrade")? > 2. used TortoiseCVS(CVS software for Windows) to download src/ from > Anonymous CVS, copied them to /usr/src on freebsd-5.4, want to 'make > buildworld', but failed; 'make' looks not work as usual; I'd hazard a guess that the files have been transferred with carriage return newlines (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CRLF). I imagine that you could install the sources from a 6.1-RELEASE CD onto your 5.4-RELEASE system... Have you tried this? -- Nick Withers email: nick@nickwithers.com Web: http://www.nickwithers.com Mobile: +61 414 397 446
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