From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 15 13: 7:14 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from larryboy.graphics.cornell.edu (larryboy.graphics.cornell.edu [128.84.247.48]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7479D37BB41 for ; Wed, 15 Mar 2000 13:07:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mkc@larryboy.graphics.cornell.edu) Received: from larryboy.graphics.cornell.edu (mkc@localhost) by larryboy.graphics.cornell.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA97417; Wed, 15 Mar 2000 16:04:29 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mkc@larryboy.graphics.cornell.edu) Message-Id: <200003152104.QAA97417@larryboy.graphics.cornell.edu> To: J McKitrick Cc: Josef Karthauser , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.0 questions In-Reply-To: Message from J McKitrick of "Wed, 15 Mar 2000 20:45:31 GMT." <20000315204530.B5559@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 16:04:29 -0500 From: Mitch Collinsworth Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >Before i jump in to this, i want to make sure it's stable enough that >i won't lose data (at least not very likely) and that i won't lose any >functionality and that i won't lose the system i have perfectly dialed >in right now. Well you do have a backup of your current system, right? (right?) That's the first step in any upgrade. Then no matter what happens you can always go back if you're not happy. >Other than that, i want to try it so bad i can taste it. ;-) If you have another disk or at least another disk partition, you can install a new version before you nuke the old one. Then switch between them until you're fully committed. -Mitch To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message