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FreeBSD 4.3 Released
jesseraf was one of the first to write, and now that the release is official we can post this. Release notes are available, or find the nearest mirror.
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Why anyone would need to read the manual for this is beyond me.
Umm, because there's a bit more to it. More than likely you'll want to get your source tree all up to date, tweak in your kernel config, and get all your user land stuff in sync. A great site for a to the point summary on all this is the FreeBSD Cheat Sheets. This site also includes specific instructions on how to make world.
Personally, my "make buildworld" is running now in the background as I type this. Just cvsup'd the latest source changes, and away she goes! Couldn't care less about getting an ISO for a CD burn. By keeping the tree up to date every week or so it only takes about 5 minutes per update across a dial-up connection. Every couple of months I run through the make world process and everything is up to date.
Oh sure, this here build takes a while on this K6-450. It's running in the background, so it can take as long as it wants.
The line must be drawn here. This far. No further.
whoa dude...you have to get a faster CD-ROM drive or something...6 years is a hell of a long time for a Slackware install. i have an old quad-speed lying around here somewhere...i'll send it to you if you want. even off floppies, Slackware shouldn't take more than an hour or two.