From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 5 14:23:34 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70EFF106566B for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 14:23:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from omr6.networksolutionsemail.com (omr6.networksolutionsemail.com [205.178.146.56]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B1C08FC1A for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 14:23:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from mail.networksolutionsemail.com (ns-omr6.mgt.netsol.com [10.49.6.69]) by omr6.networksolutionsemail.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id m25ENWR2002256 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 09:23:32 -0500 Received: (qmail 8135 invoked by uid 78); 5 Mar 2008 14:23:31 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO thudpucker.makeworld.com) (racerx@makeworld.com@71.113.195.85) by ns-omr6.lb.hosting.dc2.netsol.com with SMTP; 5 Mar 2008 14:23:31 -0000 Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 08:23:26 -0600 From: Chris To: "Tsu-Fan Cheng" Message-ID: <20080305082326.0b646f97@thudpucker.makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: References: <20080305080949.68403c86@thudpucker.makeworld.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.5; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/ZzmvYUyh.5Q9mSdYJ7s6z6B"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: install/upgrade question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:23:34 -0000 --Sig_/ZzmvYUyh.5Q9mSdYJ7s6z6B Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 5 Mar 2008 09:14:14 -0500 "Tsu-Fan Cheng" wrote: > yeah, I understand. backup is crucial. But I have >90% full in a 200G > drive, so it's a pain in the rear end. But I wonder if I can "choose" > what contents (or directories) to be installed so I can keep the rest > intact. just a thought.... I'm unsure if what you wish to do can be done. I suppose you could try the Upgrade feature when booting off the CD. I'm sorry, I can't give you a complete answer. Good luck tough. --=20 Best regards, Chris Fingerprint: 4201 94F9 E77F 9357 F3F3 56B7 8D20 ECC7 1AB5 FEF8 --Sig_/ZzmvYUyh.5Q9mSdYJ7s6z6B Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHzqzejSDsxxq1/vgRAtlTAKDc/Gq9mJf4hi2kx3dHX3zGFwjSXwCfYe4a xcxwfBwek6vfuIXJSbwA95s= =GdPt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/ZzmvYUyh.5Q9mSdYJ7s6z6B--