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From: roberto@keltia.freenix.fr (Ollivier Robert)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FAQ questions
Date: 17 Aug 1995 11:06:25 +0200
Organization: Support The Free UNIX Systems
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In article <40qb4t$3jr@trauma.rn.com>, Larry Snyder <larry@rn.com> wrote:
> first, I installed 2.0.5 off the CD I received this last week.  I know
> that 2.1.0 is available now, but I'm not sure how to update my machine -

If you look at the FAQ (the one on http://www.freebsd.org/How/faq/, not the
one  on the CD), you'll see  that 2.1 is not  out yet. There  have been two
snapshots for now.

> both the  kernel   with the new   sources  and the  updates  to the  base
> operating  system.  I see   mention of sup,   but no specifics or  sample
> control  files the man  page for sup mentions  running it once a day from
> cron, but again I see no samples.

There are samples in your source directory in /usr/src/share/FAQ/Extras.

[ Cc: to Larry ]
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