FreeBSD 4.7 vs 4.8

Eduardo Viruena Silva mrspock at esfm.ipn.mx
Mon May 19 23:58:45 PDT 2003


On Mon, 19 May 2003, HarryH wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am new to BDS.  I downloaded Rel 4.7 which takes up 6 CDs (one is a
> mini Unix I understand that is not needed).  I later downloaded Rel 4.8,
> 3CDs (one is a mini).  Should I install 4.8 to get the latest or do 4.7
> first as it has more CDs and then upgrade with 4.8?

nop, just install FreeBSD 4.8.

> What is a newbie to do?

- Split your lines after column 72  :-)
- Read the handbook:

	/usr/share/doc/en/books/handbook/index.html
or
	http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/

>
> Thanks,
> Harry

	Eduardo.


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