Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 13:55:22 +0200 From: DanGer <danger@wilbury.sk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Planning a Upgrade (5.2.1 --> 5.3) Message-ID: <184168239.20041006135522@wilbury.sk> In-Reply-To: <A95E24C61BD9D611AF6200080255E43A0A1CB0CF@CAPITAEMAIL02> References: <A95E24C61BD9D611AF6200080255E43A0A1CB0CF@CAPITAEMAIL02>
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Hello Michael, Wednesday, October 6, 2004, 12:30:23 PM, you wrote: > Hi, > When 5.3 is released, I am planning to upgrade from 5.2.1. > I have searched google groups and found conflicting answers so I figured I > would ask here. > I have backed up my /etc/passwd /etc/master.passwd and /etc/group. > My /usr/home is mounted on a separate drive the the rest of the system so I > should have no need to back up files. (If users wish to they can) > What I want to know, is do I simply copy over the relevant files listed > above, on the fresh install, with my backups, or is there some special > process I have to use to restore the user database on the newly installed > system? > If there is a set process, could someone please give me a link to it > (handbook? (I couldn't find it)). why don't you want to upgrade it via cvsup-ing the source tree and then build/install world/kernel? this is better way from my point of view. > Thanks in advance > Mick Walker > NAAFI Finance International -- Best regards +----------==/\/\==----------+ | DanGer <danger@wilbury.sk> | | DanGer@IRCnet ICQ261701668 | | http://danger.homeunix.org | +----------==\/\/==----------+
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