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Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 19:21:09 +0100
From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To: Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com>
Subject: Re: Upgrading FreeBSD 8.3 amd64
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On Tue, 18 Dec 2012 18:54:29 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Tue, 2012-12-18 at 18:42 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > I want to test snd_hdspe. How can I upgrade from 8.2 to a version
>                                                   ^^^8.3
> > including the driver or something similar to get the driver?
> > Btw. I didn't test, if the driver is part of 8.3 until now :D, but if
> > IIUC I need >= 9.0.
> 
> I'll read
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/updating-upgrading-freebsdupdate.html
> can I assume that because I didn't install or updated and configured
> anything until now, there won't be issues for a version upgrade, if I
> only configure PPPoE, followed by a release upgrade and after that I'll
> install software and set up FreeBSD completely?

Sounds like a valid approach. I've been doing this many times,
i. e. first install base system from installation media without
additional packages, setup networking (PPPoE in former times,
DHCP today), then update the system to the desired version or
branch (e. g. -STABLE via source), and then start installing
the applications from ports (also updated).



-- 
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...