Re: How to use snapshots

[Joel]

> You really confused me now.
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(B:-(
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(B> Are you saying ftp://current.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/  is
(B> a CVS server????
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(BErrrmmmm ...
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(B> I think you are still talking about the normal cvsup source update
(B> method which targets a bunch of different cvsup servers.
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(BNear as I understand, cvsup is one way to get to a snapshot. (If that's
(Bwrong, someone correct me.)
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(B> ftp://current.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/pub/FreeBSD/i386/
(B> does not look like an cvs server.
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(BLooks like a 550 error to me.
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(B> Have you ever used this snapshots ftp site before????
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(BNo, I tend to use one of the Japanese cvsup servers. (I don't do binary
(Bupgrades, because I read somewhere that source upgrades are recommended.)
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(BI vaguely recall reading somewhere that you can do source upgrades to
(Bthe snapshots by using appropriate tags. Gave it about a half hour, but
(Bcouldn't find it again. So I can't tell you what those tags would look
(Blike, but I have the vague impression that RELENG_5 would be equivalent
(Bto the snapshot at the time of the cvsup.
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(BHave you tried, for instance, running sysinstall from the command line 
(B(as root) and selecting the Upgrade option? Did you read the
(Bdocumentation that refers you to?
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(BBTW, did you have problems finding the documentation that directs you to?
(BYou should probably go ahead and load those docs if they aren't there.
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