Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 09:29:40 +0100 From: Volker Kindermann <ml@ps102.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing FBSD 5.3 and 5.4 Message-ID: <41B569F4.8050300@ps102.de> In-Reply-To: <200412071106.50575.bastill@adam.com.au> References: <200412071106.50575.bastill@adam.com.au>
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Hi Brian, > Maybe it would be better to split that 50G in half, install 5.3 in the > first 25G, leaving the second free for 5.4 release. Later I would > install 5.5 release in that first partition, then 5.6 release in the > second, and so on. the setup you're describing is quite conservative but if you don't have a test machine it's completely ok. If you want to help the project, don't wait for 5.4 for the second half of the disc but install -current there and help fixing problems. There's an articel from Michael Lucas describing such a configuration: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/05/09/Big_Scary_Daemons.html -volker
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