[bf1942] Oldest FreeBSD server?

charles 'wokka' goldsmith wokka at justfamily.org
Tue Feb 11 21:18:51 EST 2003


ah, the newer versions of bsd are much easier to upgrade... just update
source from cvs and then build and install world :)

are you running the linux emulation 7.1 or 6.x?  i think everyone pretty
much uses 7.1...  update ports and then install it :)

hth
wokka

----- Original Message -----
From: "Philippe Chaintreuil" <peep+bf1942 at z-axis.com>
To: <bf1942 at icculus.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 4:35 PM
Subject: Re: [bf1942] Oldest FreeBSD server?


> charles "wokka" goldsmith wrote:
> > Oldest is 4.7 p1 here...  why not just upgrade it to 4.7?
>
> Mostly because I'm scared to.  When /stand/sysinstall warns you that
> this is a very bad idea, I tend to freak out.  And I didn't install from
> source, so make world is also a little iffy to me.  There are several
> people who use the machine, so I can't just crash it at will without
> someone noticing and losing work/e-mail.  It's my only complaint about
> FreeBSD, is that it's never clear how to upgrade it.
>
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