Date: Tue, 5 Sep 1995 11:54:10 -0700 (PDT) From: bmk@dtr.com To: tpr@pics.com (Terry Rossi) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Moving from 2.0R to 2.0.5 Message-ID: <199509051854.LAA00638@rainier> In-Reply-To: <199509031844.OAA24334@picspc01.pics.com> from "Terry Rossi" at Sep 3, 95 02:44:40 pm
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> I would love to hear from folks who have done this. My FreeBSD system is > mainly used for > the following things and I don't know how hard the "upgrade" process will be. > The stuff I use most. > Inn > CERN Http > Lynx > PPPd > IRC Client > Sendmail/UUCP > Perl 4 > Does any of this break or get drasticly better under 2.0.5 > What is the recommended process to upgrade? Is there an upgrade procedure? Here's what I did. It may or may not be successful for you - it depends on how you've set up your filesystems. I install all of my systems so that / and /usr are separate filesystems, and the only things on those filesystems is the FreeBSD distribution. Everything else (additional installed software, home directories, etc.) goes on other filesystems. Generally speaking, I install with at least the following filesystems: / /usr /var /usr/local /home The goal is to replace everything in / and /usr without touching the rest. First of all, back up your system. I can't emphasize this enough. I also make backup copies of everything in /etc on a floppy so that I can meld changes into the new installed versions. Boot the 2.0.5 installation floppy. Don't modify the partition map. After you enter the disklabel editor, assign mountpoints for /, /usr, and swap. Toggle newfs on for / and /usr. All other FreeBSD filesystems should be toggled to NOT perform newfs. Either assign mountpoints now, or later by editing/restoring /etc/fstab. Proceed with the installation. After the installation is complete, copy any files from your saved copy of /etc that you need. This would include your password files (pwd.db, spwd.db, passwd, master.passwd) and fstab, at least. You might also want to restore some of the contents of /var depending on your individual circumstances. Personally, I like to keep at least the contents of /var/log, /var/db, and /var/mail. Any comments or improvements on this general procedure would be appreciatied.
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