From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 24 09:10:37 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id JAA00564 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 24 Oct 1997 09:10:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from buffnet4.buffnet.net (buffnet4.buffnet.net [205.246.19.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id JAA00556 for ; Fri, 24 Oct 1997 09:10:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from shovey@buffnet.net) Received: from buffnet11.buffnet.net (shovey@buffnet11.buffnet.net [205.246.19.55]) by buffnet4.buffnet.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id MAA07896 for ; Fri, 24 Oct 1997 12:10:20 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 12:10:20 -0400 (EDT) From: Steve Hovey To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Upgrading cleanly and quickly Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I looked thru the list archives and all I can find are questions on how, but no answers on how to cleanly upgrade an existing system. I have machines from 2.0.5 thru 2.2.2 that I would like to upgrade to 2.2.5. Would I just copy out my /etc dir struct contents, use the boot flop, pick upgrade, and then move /etc/stuff back where needed? Or does it not trash /etc stuff? Are there other areas I would need to save out such as /sbin etc where I put my own binaries or does it not whipe, but copy over things instead? Has anyone hit any easy to fall into boners I should watch out for? Any and all input is appreciated!