On Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:14:45 -0600 eculp <ec...@encontacto.net> wrote:
> I intend to first upgrade my old, but up to date, 7.2-STABLE FreeBSD > 7.2-STABLE #901 to the latest 8.0 release > I want to conserve as much as I can so I thought that I might give > freebsd-update upgrade -r 8.0-RELEASE a try. freebsd-update does not work on STABLE branches. You can only track a RELEASE branch and a few Beta/RC releases with it. > I am trying to follow the instructions at > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.0R/announce.html >From the first paragraph: "Systems running 7.[012]-RELEASE, 8.0-BETA[1234], or 8.0-RC[123] can upgrade" Andreas -- GnuPG key : 0x2A573565 | http://www.gnupg.org/howtos/de/ Fingerprint: 925D 2089 0BF9 8DE5 9166 33BB F0FD CD37 2A57 3565
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