From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 6 11:54:44 2004 Return-Path: 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 52F7916A4CE for ; Wed, 6 Oct 2004 11:54:44 +0000 (GMT) Received: from virtual.micronet.sk (smtp-r.micronet.sk [213.215.96.238]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2DC743D5C for ; Wed, 6 Oct 2004 11:54:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from danger@wilbury.sk) Received: from danger ([213.215.105.189]) by virtual.micronet.sk (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i96BsSsj009575 for ; Wed, 6 Oct 2004 13:54:28 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from danger@wilbury.sk) Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 13:55:22 +0200 From: DanGer X-Mailer: The Bat! (v2.12.00) Business X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <184168239.20041006135522@wilbury.sk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Planning a Upgrade (5.2.1 --> 5.3) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: DanGer List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 11:54:44 -0000 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@IRCnet ICQ261701668 | | http://danger.homeunix.org | +----------==\/\/==----------+