Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 20:11:18 -0700 From: Joshua Oreman <oremanj@webserver.get-linux.org> To: freeBSD <freebsd@dagerot.nu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is it possible to downgrade from 5.0 to 4.8-stable using the cvsup->buildworld procedure? Message-ID: <20030628031118.GA56779@webserver.get-linux.org> In-Reply-To: <1056769024.8190.3.camel@big.dagerot.com> References: <1056769024.8190.3.camel@big.dagerot.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Sat, Jun 28, 2003 at 04:57:04AM +0200 or thereabouts, freeBSD wrote: > I installed 5.0 when I first tried out freeBSD this spring, and after > some months of testruns I'm still very impressed and will choose freeBSD > as our *nix clone standardized OS. > > Unfortunately everywhere I look and read the recommendation is to go > with 4.8 not 5.x, and especially would I like the nvidia drivers to > work, therefor do I need to downgrade my system. > > Is that possible? To go from 5.0 to 4.8 by using the cvsup and > buildworld procedure? Are there any pitfalls? > > > The system is mainly used for samba-filesharing and web-service provided > by Apache-Tomcat. It's possible, but not supported. I did this once and my system threw up all over me. (/bin/sh wouldn't run, etc.) So : try it, but make a backup first. -- Josh > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20030628031118.GA56779>