My FreeBSD 3.2

[Peter N. M. Hansteen]

"Lyndon M. Realubit" <ljmrealubit at digitelone.com> writes:

> In no apparent reason, I have used my 4-disc of FreeBSD 3.2 since I bought 
> it.  I read the book but now I want to install it.  Now my question, if I 
> install them is there a long shot to get by CSV the new FreeBSD 5.2.1 
> kernel and porting other supporting softwares.  What steps should I do to 
> eventually have the new release? Reading the handbook on-line, I found that 
> it confusing how to compile the FREEBSD either by the old way or the new way.

Upgrading by cvsuping all the way from 3.2 to 5.2.1 is likely to take
a long time, and as far as I know should not be done in one
step. Seriously, you'll save yourself a lot of trouble by just
installing the newer release clean and restoring whatever it is you
need (such as home directories) from a reliable backup.

- P
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