Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 04:33:34 +0100 From: "Mark Hughes" <mark@dvdnews.co.uk> To: "BSD Freak" <bsd-freak@mbox.com.au>, "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.0 - CURRENT Message-ID: <008a01c13f29$9e469780$0200a8c0@mark2> References: <441f8543fad4.43fad4441f85@mbox.com.au>
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> Does I have all the FreeBSD-RELEASE CD's ISO's etc... What is the best > way to get a machine running FreeBSD 5.0 - CURRENT. > > As far as I have seen there are no ISO available for download, only the > source. > > Is there a way to upgrade a 4.3 machine to 5.0 - CURRENT or do I have > to compile the binaries and run a 5.0 installation. > > Does this have anything to do with make world? > > It would be great if someone could steer me into the right direction... I think the basic rule says that if you have to ask that question, you shouldn't be running -CURRENT. -CURRENT is the development branch of FreeBSD and not for production use - sometimes it won't compile, sometimes it will compile but won't boot (according to the handbook, if I remember correctly, I don't run it myself :+) ), and it's generally more "dangerous" than the -STABLE branch. That said, if you do want to run it the only way of doing so is CVSup'ing to the -CURRENT tree, then following the instructions in the handbook at www.freebsd.org for making, building and installing the world, as far as I know. Hope this helps, Mark To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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