Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 09:02:26 -0600 From: "Brian D. Woodruff" <wood@eris.quintessential.com> To: flygt@sr.se Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: 3.1 UNstable Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19990331090226.008bdd30@freeq.com> In-Reply-To: <19990331135916.A39774@sr.se> References: <3.0.6.32.19990330142132.009573e0@freeq.com> <3.0.6.32.19990328111310.008b1840@freeq.com> <3.0.6.32.19990327211654.008b91f0@freeq.com> <3.0.6.32.19990328111310.008b1840@freeq.com> <19990330110358.25780.qmail@alpha.comkey.com.au> <3.0.6.32.19990330142132.009573e0@freeq.com>
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At 01:59 PM 3/31/99 +0200, you wrote: >On Tue, Mar 30, 1999 at 02:21:32PM -0600, Brian D. Woodruff wrote: >> At 09:03 PM 3/30/99 +1000, you wrote: >> >"Brian D. Woodruff" writes: >> > >> >> If you want to get 3.1-RELEASE or 3.1-STABLE (which is currently a link >> >> back to 3.1-RELEASE), you MUST use the floppy disks for 3.1-RELEASE, >> > >> >I don't want to belittle you or the troubles you've had with >> >this, but I think there's a point that's worth making here. >> > >> >When installing some new OS, you should always use the bits and >> >pieces that belong to that version of the OS. This is basic >> >stuff for anybody who wants to retain their sanity and applies >> >to all OSes, not just FreeBSD. >> >> Every version of FreeBSD I've ever used comes with a program called >> /stand/sysinstall which has an option called "upgrade". This option doesn't >> work if you're upgrading to 3.1 from *any* prior version, including 3.0. If > >I made my upgrade from 3.0-RELEASE -> 3.1-RELEASE using the 3.1 floppies >and the option UPGRADE in sysinstall No problems! I've NEVER had any >problems using the right floppies and the upgrade choice, except from my >home box, which had a lot of installs not made from the ports. maybe installing from floppies is different from installing off the net? comments? > >-- > __o >regards, Gunnar ---_ \<,_ >email: flygt@sr.se ---- (_)/ (_) > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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