Updating & Upgrading

[geomonroe]

hello;
I don't want to break my system, and am overwhelmed by update info from handbook.
Any suggestions on updating and upgrading without breaking my system?
george

 

[SirDice]

[thread=26140]HOWTO: keeping FreeBSD's base system and packages up-to-date[/thread]

 

[DutchDaemon]

Are you talking about the OS/kernel, or about third-party software (ports/packages)? Make sure you understand the difference, it'll be half the battle.

 

[wblock@]

hello;
I don't want to break my system, and am overwhelmed by update info from handbook.
Any suggestions on updating and upgrading without breaking my system?
george

It's easy: make a full backup. With a full backup, you can safely try anything on the original system.

 

[geomonroe]

Thanks for the reply, the update section of the manual is what got me scared. And I broke my system once when I installed KDE. As far as kernel or third party, I guess what I did with third party broke my X system. Full Backup sounds like my ace in the hole, sometimes I forget the basics. As I have been a windows and linux user for a while I am ready to keep and learn a good system and from what I have found this is the one!