From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 2 6: 4:11 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from europe.std.com (europe.std.com [199.172.62.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6087D14E0D for ; Thu, 2 Sep 1999 06:03:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lowell@world.std.com) Received: from world.std.com (lowell@world-f.std.com [199.172.62.5]) by europe.std.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA01872; Thu, 2 Sep 1999 09:03:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from lowell@localhost) by world.std.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id JAA28827; Thu, 2 Sep 1999 09:03:22 -0400 (EDT) To: "Hal Menz" To: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrade from v2.2.2 References: From: Lowell Gilbert Date: 02 Sep 1999 09:03:22 -0400 In-Reply-To: "Hal Menz"'s message of Wed, 1 Sep 1999 17:14:01 -0400 Message-ID: Lines: 30 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.5/Emacs 20.2 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "Hal Menz" writes: > We have version 2.2.2 installed. Not having any unix techs > in house I am concerned about Y2K and upgrading to the > newest version. > > Is there an upgrade procedure, or must the current system > be saved, initialized, and re-loaded? > > Any easy way a non-techie could do this? > > I'm not sure what all issues concern our system, but I > know we use cron and touch. Touch and cron both have minor Y2K problems, as I assume you noted from the appropriate web page. Note that these are *not* killer bugs; they're basically cosmetic and you could work around them if necessary. [I don't think FreeBSD 2.2.2 -- or any other version -- will fall over on January 1st.] Updating occasionally is still a good idea, since Y2K isn't the only kind of bug one should worry about. If you're connected to the Internet, this is particularly important. See the handbook for how to update, but the most promising approach for you is probably using the "upgrade" option of the install disks. You *should* back up your system first to be safe, but you won't need to reinstall your own data unless something goes wrong. Be well. Lowell Gilbert To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message