> > I guess there is some small incompatibility between my system and FBSD. > Whatever .. the effect was that as I kept CVSupdating from FBSD 4.7 > through 4.10 I gradually lost usability as first one program then > another, failed. > I decided to wait for 5.3 before using FBSD again. > > In the meantime I have been running Knoppix 3.4 with complete > success,though it will have its own HUGE upgrade problems in due > course. > I MUCH prefer FBSD and its way of doing things, anyway. > > So ... I've waited for FBSD 5.3, have purchased the Release 4-disk set > and have 50G diskspace available. > > Maybe it would be better to split that 50G in half, install 5.3 in the > first 25G, leaving the second free for 5.4 release. Later I would > install 5.5 release in that first partition, then 5.6 release in the > second, and so on. > > Question 1. Is this plan sensible and/or practical?
If you have the disk space to spare, sure, go ahead. ////jerry > Question 2. If the answer to (1.) is "No", what alternative would you > suggest? > > Thanks for your (anticipated) helpful advice. > > -- > Regards, > Brian > sos-sa.org.au > _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
