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> As I'm currently unable to use cvsup to upgrade from -release to
> -stable, I'm looking into other ways of doing this upgrade.
> The handbook says that one can fetch the sources with ftp, but I
> couldn't find out how.

> Is there an easy way to do it, with /stand/sysinstall perhaps?

> I've tried various combinations of Distributions / src, and installing
> from a ftp server, but I guess I still am missing something,
> because sysinstall complains about not getting some distributions (ie.
> sbin, usbin, ...).

> Can somebody point me in the direction of the place where this is
> documented?
> (I don't mind very explicit directions, either :-) )

> --
> Torfinn Ingolfsen,
> Norway

> : Ok, download and install the package cvsup-16.1 using the sysinstall
> : utility.  Then, when the package is installed, do a man cvsup and read
> : the information there.  Then goto the directory
> : /usr/src/share/examples/cvsup and read the file 4.x-stable-supfile.
> : Modify the file as you need it, then run the cvsup program.  Hope this
> : helps.

> I think he ment he cannot use the cvsup program because his FreeBSD computer is
> not connected to the internet...

> Nospam

> > As I'm currently unable to use cvsup to upgrade from -release to
> > -stable, I'm looking into other ways of doing this upgrade.
> > The handbook says that one can fetch the sources with ftp, but I
> > couldn't find out how.

> Ok, download and install the package cvsup-16.1 using the sysinstall
> utility.  Then, when the package is installed, do a man cvsup and read
> the information there.  Then goto the directory
> /usr/src/share/examples/cvsup and read the file 4.x-stable-supfile.
> Modify the file as you need it, then run the cvsup program.  Hope this
> helps.