From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 29 14:20: 7 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC21537B401 for ; Tue, 29 Oct 2002 14:20:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from server.simon1.net (user23.net263.oh.sprint-hsd.net [208.17.71.23]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38B5043E3B for ; Tue, 29 Oct 2002 14:20:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from simon1@server.simon1.net) Received: from server.simon1.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server.simon1.net (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g9TMK3Ha005421; Tue, 29 Oct 2002 17:20:03 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (simon1@localhost) by server.simon1.net (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) with ESMTP id g9TMK3JT005418; Tue, 29 Oct 2002 17:20:03 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 17:20:03 -0500 (EST) From: Simon1 To: Steve Warwick Cc: Subject: Re: Yes, but how do I upgrade? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20021029171736.B4893-100000@server.simon1.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Hmmm, if as Kent mentions, there are many changes since 4.3, perhaps a > better solution would be to reverse the process. Build an entirely new OS > from 4.7 and then move all the "personal/client" files into that? > > Thoughts? When given the chance, that's what I prefer to do. It makes sure nothing is "left behind" from the upgrade. What I'd reccomend you do is install 4.7-RELEASE, and then keep it updated from there (at the very least track RELENG_4_7, which is the security updates/bug fix branch). To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message