Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 10:35:45 -0400 From: "JK" <jdkullmann@aliencamel.com> To: Adam Nealis <adamnealis@yahoo.co.uk>,"FlashWebHost.com" <flashweb@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6 - Do i need both CD1 and CD2 ? Message-ID: <web-20304520@aliencamel.com> In-Reply-To: <20060103131859.76478.qmail@web86902.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> References: <20060103131859.76478.qmail@web86902.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
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On Tue, 3 Jan 2006 05:18:59 -0800 (PST) Adam Nealis <adamnealis@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > --- "FlashWebHost.com" <flashweb@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I am using FreeBSD 5.2 on my local computer. >> >> I want to upgrade to FreeBSD 6.0 >> >> Do i need to download both files ? > > No. CD1 will give you as much as the OS plus X11 plus all sources. >Plus > the complete ports tree as of 6.0-RELEASE. > > CD2 contains several hundred binary packages, but are not required >for the > OS upgrade. I've always wondered this. I'm running 5.1. Can I upgrade to 6.x in place, i.e. without having to full install and wipe my filesystem etc? If so, how do I do that? I couldn't find anything in the Handbook or anywhere that says one can do this.
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