From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 23 18:13:13 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id SAA10834 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 23 Oct 1997 18:13:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from fly.HiWAAY.net (root@fly.HiWAAY.net [208.147.154.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA10829 for ; Thu, 23 Oct 1997 18:13:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net) Received: from nospam.hiwaay.net (tnt1-163.HiWAAY.net [208.147.147.163]) by fly.HiWAAY.net (8.8.7/8.8.6) with ESMTP id UAA02765 for ; Thu, 23 Oct 1997 20:13:06 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nospam.hiwaay.net (8.8.7/8.8.4) with ESMTP id UAA03085 for ; Thu, 23 Oct 1997 20:13:04 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199710240113.UAA03085@nospam.hiwaay.net> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: dkelly@hiwaay.net Subject: Re: How to upgrade 2.2.5-R from 2.2.2-R? In-reply-to: Message from Doug White of "Thu, 23 Oct 1997 00:22:58 PDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 20:13:03 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > 4) WHen you're dumped to a shell prompt: > > . Edit rc.conf and re-config from scratch using your old one as > a guide. Forgot when the change was made from /etc/sysconfig to rc.conf. But if you don't have rc.conf on your prior version, use sysconfig to glean the critical information. IMHO: a complete backup is even better than a backup of /etc. Even better: its as good excuse as any to buy a new HD. Install clean on the new HD. Then move your old precious stuff over from the untouched HD. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.