Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 12:46:23 -0800 From: Beecher Rintoul <akbeech@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: eoghan <freebsd@redry.net> Subject: Re: upgrading Message-ID: <200509281246.36617.akbeech@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5C5E48C4-7882-4064-BE4D-D99A64E583AC@redry.net> References: <5C5E48C4-7882-4064-BE4D-D99A64E583AC@redry.net>
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--nextPart2629711.mRzutSp8FK Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Wednesday 28 September 2005 12:28 pm, eoghan wrote: > Hello > Im going to do a fresh install of 5.3 over the weekend, then id like > to upgrade to 5.4. My reasons for upgrading are: ill have to do it > some time or another and I cant always rely on having my trusty dvd > with me. So, the question is: what is the best way to do an upgrade? > I figure ill do the install, make sure its all ok, and before I go > ahead and install anything ill upgrade. I did hear people say that > using the sysinstall isnt the way to go - maybe or maybe not? So any > opinions here on how it should be done would be appreciated. To save yourself some time, just boot from your disk change the tag in the= =20 options screen to 5.4-RELEASE and do a net install. No need to start from=20 5.3. Beech =2D-=20 =2D------------------------------------------------------------------------= =2D------------- Beech Rintoul - System Administrator - akbeech@gmail.com /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | NorthWind Communications \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | 201 East 9th Avenue Ste.310 X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Anchorage, AK 99501 / \=20 =2D------------------------------------------------------------------------= =2D------------- --nextPart2629711.mRzutSp8FK Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBDOwEsVq19LUoGB+MRAsZHAJoDE+mmQrtzj6DgXvTcGAmxKct46wCgpx/6 fequy3LbBgGSqKJ57ghRmUc= =TdVT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2629711.mRzutSp8FK--
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