Trying to Upgrade 5.2.1 to later version

I'm a complete newbie to FreeBSD (coming from Linux).  I
bought (for 
cheap) a boxed set of FreeBSD 5.2.1, and am looking to
upgrade it for 
XOrg and the latest version of Postfix.  When I try to use
sysinstall, I 
get the following error:

Warning:  Can't find the `5.2.1-RELEASE' distribution on
this
FTP server.  You may need to visit a different server for
the release you are trying to fetch or go to the Options
menu and to set the release name to explicitly match what's
available on ftp1.freebsd.org (or set to "any").

Now, I'm pretty sure that the problem here is the age of the
release (I 
guess two years old), but I was wondering if there was a
workaround.

-- 
A. Clausen
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Yeah, the easiest workaround is like this:
- Download
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ISO-IMAGES-i386/6.0/6.0-RE
LEASE-i386-bootonly.iso
- Burn it to a CD
- Boot it
- Make sure to select FTP as source.
- Install =)

On 1/31/06, A. Clausen <techlistsalberni.net> wrote:
> I'm a complete newbie to FreeBSD (coming from Linux). 
I bought (for
> cheap) a boxed set of FreeBSD 5.2.1, and am looking to
upgrade it for
> XOrg and the latest version of Postfix.  When I try to
use sysinstall, I
> get the following error:
>
> Warning:  Can't find the `5.2.1-RELEASE' distribution
on this
> FTP server.  You may need to visit a different server
for
> the release you are trying to fetch or go to the
Options
> menu and to set the release name to explicitly match
what's
> available on ftp1.freebsd.org (or set to
"any").
>
> Now, I'm pretty sure that the problem here is the age
of the release (I
> guess two years old), but I was wondering if there was
a workaround.
>
> --
> A. Clausen
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