Hello Jason, ----- Original Message ---- > From: Jason Slack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 2:25:18 AM > Subject: Upgrading FreeBSD Questions > > Hi All, > > I am new to FreeBSD, or want to be. > > I have an HP Media center PC that has the Viiv 920-D processor with > 4GB > of > RAM. I hate Windows, but had to sell my MacBook so my Fiance and > I > could get > into a new apartment together. > > I want to try version 7 as it has items of interest to me, but I am > not > one > to continually wipe and reload my machine, can you upgrade from > the > test > releases of 7 available now to the final release when ready? Or do > you > have > to wipe? > > I apologize, but I am from a Solaris environment and then OS X. > > Jason > -- > "Don't be reckless with other people's hearts, don't put up with > people > who > are reckless with yours"........Lehrmann (1997)
You can always upgrade to a newer FreeBSD version without too much hassle. Here are the steps. csup your src tree to RELENG_7 Then do these steps as root #cd /usr/src #make cleandir #make cleanworld #mergemaster -p #make buildworld #make buildkernel #make installkernel #reboot #cd /usr/src #make installworld #mergemaster -iU (-iU added to automatically install files that don't exist and upgrade those that haven't changed. #reboot mergemaster made it very easy to upgrade, thank you Doug! }:) Regards, -Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri Arab Portal http://www.WeArab.Net/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
