System upgrades

Build world on your fast box, install on your slow box

Build world on your fast box, install on your slow box The build world process is used to upgrade FreeBSD from one version to another (e.g. 4.2-RELEASE to 4.2-STABLE).  This process involves downloading source code, compiling it,  installing it, and resolving any configuration file issues, although not necessarily in that order.  The best place to …

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FreeBSD 4.0-stable crypto is fuggered for international users

FreeBSD 4.0-stable crypto is fuggered for international users This problem has now been fixed.  Skip to the last section of this article. I found out the hard way that FreeBSD 4.0-stable is not working for international users.  Now that’s an overstatement, but the problem has added 48 hours to the time it will take me …

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