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From: rone@bofh.noc.best.net (Ron Echeverri)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Upgrading
Date: 16 Jun 1997 18:27:36 -0700
Organization: fidgety systems administrators gmbh
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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.
rone
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