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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!inferno.mpx.com.au!nsw1.news.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!news-out.internetmci.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.erols.net!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news.sesqui.net!uuneo.neosoft.com!localhost!nobody From: conrads@neosoft.com (Conrad Sabatier) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Upgrade question.. Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 19:16:27 -0600 Organization: NeoSoft, Inc. Lines: 23 Message-ID: <bdt9h5.k9.ln@localhost> References: <97084.1326593CQBJOZ@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu> Reply-To: conrads@neosoft.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.27.167.69 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.8 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:37908 In article <97084.1326593CQBJOZ@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu>, ishwar rattan <3CQBJOZ@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu> writes: > Hello > > I am running FreeBSD-2.1.5 > > I would like to upgrade to 2.1.7 or higher (any suggestions?). > Is there a way to do it without complete reinstallation? I have > about 50 students using it for course work now. > > Thanks for your attention. You might as well go beyond 2.1.7 and get 2.2.1. I just installed the base distribution on my box today via ftp and am now in the process of pulling down the other dists. Simplest way is to ftp the bin dist, run the install.sh script, and then do the rest later via ppp/ftp. -- Conrad Sabatier http://www.neosoft.com/~conrads