Date: Thu, 07 Oct 1999 23:47:48 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: "D.M.P." <gryph@mindless.com> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@hub.freebsd.org>, J McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>, Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux convert... Message-ID: <37FCB294.B3523148@newsguy.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910061048540.87914-100000@hub.freebsd.org> <37FCABC4.449A4FB9@mindless.com>
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"D.M.P." wrote: > > Usually, when I upgrade the OS on a system, I take the opportunity > to hardware upgrades and reload the entire system (exlcuding my > archives) so I can get it all done over a weekend and manage to get > away with almost no business-hours downtime. So usually my "upgrade" > consists of dumping /etc to tape and reloading it after the install. This is not recommended. An upgrade of /etc is recommended to avoid problems. > That leaves one major question: What config-file rework will be > needed to load 3.x configs into 4.0? A tool called mergemaster, present in the ports, is usually indicated. It makes /etc upgrades quite agreeable. -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs@newsguy.com dcs@freebsd.org "I always feel generous when I'm in the inner circle of a conspiracy to subvert the world order and, with a small group of allies, just defeated an alien invasion. Maybe I should value myself a little more?" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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