-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri wrote: > 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]"
You should also read /usr/src/UPDATING! This file is very important because it contains instructions to upgrade your machine and further information you maybe need. But don't forget to make level 0 dumps from your system before you upgrade it. Chris -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHJ6qMUFlgs4i+HbsRAqGlAJwPjWSXqEnXZQlmclEZEgSjgKAmJwCcCoqp CkNe7Cx6dDoYEE9O8aS42do= =i4iC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
