From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 31 16:43:57 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6438106566B for ; Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:43:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr8.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr8.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2290E8FC0C for ; Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:43:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr8.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n7VGhtwm061380; Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:43:55 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 21803BA8F; Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:43:55 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:43:55 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: Kin Tat Yau Message-ID: <20090831164355.GB18945@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <240224.99246.qm@web31706.mail.mud.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="TRYliJ5NKNqkz5bu" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <240224.99246.qm@web31706.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Enquiry X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:43:57 -0000 --TRYliJ5NKNqkz5bu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 12:38:19AM -0700, Kin Tat Yau wrote: > Dear Sir/Madam >=20 > My server is running with FreeBSD i386 4.11 release. Now i want to install > FreeBSD i386 6.1 release.=20 First of all, do not use 6.1. It is not supported anymore. The current production release is 7.2, with 8.0 not far off. At this moment 6.4 is still supported but that will cease after 8.0 is released. If you run into problems with 6.x, the first advice you will get is to upda= te to 7.2 and see if that fixes the problem. Avoid that extra work by installi= ng 7.2 instead of 6.x. Before you do any upgrading/installing, make sure you've backed up any important data! :-) > But it can not install from CD Rom. I have set the > BIOS to run from CD-ROM first .It seems not running the CD at all. The > CD-Rom is Sony CD-Rom CDU5211 USB Device. I don't need to keep the old > configuration and just want to use FreeBSD i386 6.1 release. Please advis= e. Set our system to boot from USB. Normally booting from CD-rom means from a built-in CD-ROM! Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --TRYliJ5NKNqkz5bu Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkqb/csACgkQEnfvsMMhpyV6bQCglurcbqUtQfUQlYS4bpQLGZ/s qgcAn1DL+GtQZxG8W/ArxDeg1Ax7DkCv =WSBU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --TRYliJ5NKNqkz5bu--