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Subject: Re: Major version upgrade from FreeBSD 7.0
To: Walter Ian Kaye <freebsd-org2015@natural-innovations.com>,
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On 26/Aug/15 23:37, Walter Ian Kaye wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> I want (need?) to upgrade from 7.0 to the current version.
> I've looked through the docs and still have a question:
>
> If configuration file locations (directory layout) have changed from
> 7->10,
> can I get a list of changes from 7.0 so I'll know where to put the info
> from my backed-up files? Like, 7.0: /etc/foo; 10.2: /etc/bar

Gosh, a lot has changed between 7.0 and now. And I'm being modest.

If I were you, I'd make life easier on myself and do a clean install of
10.2.

Mark.