On 9/29/05, eoghan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 28 Sep 2005, at 21:46, Beecher Rintoul wrote: > > > On Wednesday 28 September 2005 12:28 pm, eoghan wrote: > > > >> Hello > >> Im going to do a fresh install of 5.3 over the weekend, then id like > >> to upgrade to 5.4. My reasons for upgrading are: ill have to do it > >> some time or another and I cant always rely on having my trusty dvd > >> with me. So, the question is: what is the best way to do an upgrade? > >> I figure ill do the install, make sure its all ok, and before I go > >> ahead and install anything ill upgrade. I did hear people say that > >> using the sysinstall isnt the way to go - maybe or maybe not? So any > >> opinions here on how it should be done would be appreciated. > >> > > > > To save yourself some time, just boot from your disk change the tag > > in the > > options screen to 5.4-RELEASE and do a net install. No need to > > start from > > 5.3. > > > > Beech > > Thanks for your advice. and thank you Derrick. I will read into those > articles. Mike, the main reason is just so I can learn how to do it. > Im using freebsd on my other computer only to learn it. > Thanks all > Eoghan > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" >
The Handbook has an excellent article on updating: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html For 5.3-5.4 or 5.3-6.0 or 5.4-6.0 transition you'll have to: 1. cvsup 2. make buildworld && make buildkernel 3. make installkernel && make installworld 4. mergemaster # be careful here 5. shutdown -r now Personally I tried each of these three transiotions and had absolutely no problem, though it did require some attention and reading. Have fun! Andrew P. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"