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From: rone@bofh.noc.best.net (Ron Echeverri)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Upgrading
Date: 17 Jun 1997 14:09:03 -0700
Organization: fidgety systems administrators gmbh
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In article <EBxFCu.Gv6@nonexistent.com>,
Nathan Dorfman <nathan@senate.org> wrote:
>Ron Echeverri wrote:
>> In article <EBw6oA.J1C@nonexistent.com>,
>> Nathan Dorfman <nathan@senate.org> wrote:
>> >I purchased the 2.2.1-CDROM and installed FreeBSD a few months ago. How-
>> >ever, now 2.2.2 is out. Do I need to upgrade the whole thing?! Or is it
>> >like Linsux where I'd just download the new kernel source, configure,
>> >compile, and install?
>> You probably want to install cvsup, update /usr/src, and then make
>> world. There will also be some changes in /etc (which you'll find in
>> /usr/src/etc/) which you will have to include manually.
>Make world? That sucks I just spend $40 on this CD ... now I have to
>download everything and remake it?
No, you don't have to. I would strongly recommend it, however, if
you're running anything disk-intensive on an Adaptec 2940. Otherwise,
it's just a good idea. You should always keep up with the latest
sources with cvsup or ctm.
rone
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