Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 15:43:47 +1100 From: Danny <dannyh@idx.com.au> To: J McKitrick <jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.0 -> 3.4 Message-ID: <00031915454602.00895@freebsd.freebsd.org> References: <20000318033458.B25228@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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Hello, Ideally, assuming your FreeBSD is wired to a LAN in the office or at home you can "ftp" the contents of your home directory and anything important to another box . Then reinstall FreeBSD 3.4 - which becomes a 30 minute to 45 minute job On Sat, 18 Mar 2000, J McKitrick wrote: > Yes, you read that right, 4.0 to 3.4. Is there a safe way to go back > to 3.4 without reformatting? I would like to keep my home directory > and installed ports, if possible. > > I was thinking of making install floppies from my 3.2 cdrom, > installing 3.2 binaries only, and then rebuilding world from the 3.4 > source tree. Would this work? > > jm > -- > -------------------------------------------- > Jonathon McKitrick -- jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org > "Doors to the pleasures of heaven or hell, > and i didn't care which." > -------------------------------------------- > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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