Date: Tue, 5 Aug 1997 19:48:37 +0300 (IDT) From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il> To: Stephen Morrissey <morrissb@wilkes1.wilkes.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: upgrade Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970805194547.17886A-100000@gatekeeper.barcode.co.il> In-Reply-To: <33E74AE8.AD392185@wilkes.edu>
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On Tue, 5 Aug 1997, Stephen Morrissey wrote: > FreeBSD, > > i purchased ver. 2.16 back in january from walnut creek on cd-rom. > how would i go about upgrading to ver 2.22? thank you, There are basically two ways: 1. Do an upgrade from a release (or a snapshot). This involves running installation as if it's a new one, just choosing the "upgrade" option from the main menu. It's pretty painless, and you can use any supported installation method (CD, ftp, NFS, DOS, etc...) to do it. 2. Upgrade your source tree and rebuilding the system. See the sections in the handbook about "Staying stable/current with FreeBSD" and the tutorial on upgrade from source (also on the web site) for details. The advantage is that you can upgrade to *anything* you want, i.e., you can upgrade to a version that was never released in any other form. The main disadvantage - you have to have a full source tree set up, and it's a bit more complicated. > > stephen morrissey > morrissb@wilkes1.wilkes.edu > > Nadav
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