Updating FreeBSD 4.11 (2/4) – Digging up old graves

In part one I wrote about Legacy systems in general and showed a FreeBSD 4.11 installation for those of my readers who are interested in software history. This post is about the first part of updating this fresh 4.11 system to a state that's a bit less catastrophic. Remember: FreeBSD 4.11 was released in 2005 …

Updating FreeBSD 4.11 (1/4) – Blast from the past

Ah, weekend. And it's a nice day, too: The sun shines on the snowy landscape! A perfect day to go out with the children - or to embark on a vastly different kind of adventure... Yes, you read that title right. This is not about four FreeBSD 11 machines. It's about one FreeBSD 4.11 machine …