Re: gnome-upgrade.sh

2005-11-09 Thread Alistair
Linux box has been unsatisfactory (at least partly, if not mainly, my fault) so I think I may do the safe thing and stick to Linux. Regards Alistair 1973 MG Midget, with all the Frontline Spridget mods, except the K-Series! That little monster can still better my 911 hands down in some tight t

Re: upgrading 5.4 -> 6.0 without reinstalling. safe ?

2005-11-09 Thread Alistair Sutton
On 09/11/05, Pete French <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > usually when I upgrade across major versions of BSD I wipe the whole > machine and re--install from scratch. But I understand that the move > to 6.0 from 5.4 is nowhere near such a big leap. > > So I was wondering hether I could just do this fro

Re: New user confused by need to do huge upgrade

2005-11-08 Thread Alistair Hamilton
ore making a kernel. To all others who responded. Thanks! It is true what they say about the great level of user support for FreeBSD. I will take the Gentoo machine down again at the end of the week when it is not needed and start afresh with 6.0, a