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Date:      Sat, 6 Jan 2001 01:01:09 +0100 (CET)
From:      Janko van Roosmalen <acs.van.roosmalen@hccnet.nl>
To:        fpassera@freesurf.fr
Cc:        Janko van Roosmalen <acs.van.roosmalen@hccnet.nl>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: An upgrade from FreeBSD-4.0-RELEASE to FreeBSD-4.2-RELEASE
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10101060055050.1556-100000@parmenides.utp.net>
In-Reply-To: <20010105142156.722D29B03@mail.freesurf.fr>

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On Fri, 5 Jan 2001 fpassera@freesurf.fr wrote:

> I guess the 1) is possible only if you have the full set of CDs. I just
> have the 1st CD (made from the ISO image) and did not find the source
> (actually in /src there are files with .aa .ab etc. and I suppose these are
> compressed files). Am I wrong ?

Yes they are compressed files, and you can install them using
"/stand/sysinstall" and choosing the sources distribution.

> 
> > You could have done the following to speed up the downloading part:
> > 
> > 1) Install the source from your 4.0-RELEASE CDROM
> > 2) run cvsup with a CVSup file with the 4.0 release tag,
> > 3) change the tag to 4.2 release and re-cvsup.
> 

===Janko van Roosmalen - Vught - Netherlands===



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