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Date:      Wed, 15 Mar 2000 16:04:29 -0500
From:      Mitch Collinsworth <mkc@Graphics.Cornell.EDU>
To:        J McKitrick <jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org>
Cc:        Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 4.0 questions 
Message-ID:  <200003152104.QAA97417@larryboy.graphics.cornell.edu>
In-Reply-To: Message from J McKitrick <jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org>  of "Wed, 15 Mar 2000 20:45:31 GMT." <20000315204530.B5559@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> 

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>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


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