From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 17 09:56:10 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA01212 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 17 Feb 1997 09:56:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from speedbump.datapark.com (ns1.datapark.com [207.102.240.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id JAA01207 for ; Mon, 17 Feb 1997 09:56:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from gibraltar (gibraltar.datapark.com [207.102.240.24]) by speedbump.datapark.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id JAA15388 for ; Mon, 17 Feb 1997 09:56:49 GMT Message-ID: <3308997B.5794@datapark.com> Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 09:46:35 -0800 From: Jeff Newton Organization: Tantalus Communications X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (X11; I; SunOS 5.5 sun4u) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Update 2.1.0 to 2.1.6 X-URL: http://www.freebsd.org/support.html Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk FreeBSD Gurus, I'm a little nervous about an updating the kernel on my 2.1.0 system. I've read the various questions/answers in the archive but is backing up /etc the only thing I need to do before taking on this task? Its a production system running DNS and mail for my entire network so its crucial that I don't lose anything of value. Can someone more experienced with this tell me what if anything I'll lose during the upgrade? Any advice? I'd like to make this as painless as possible so any help would be GREATLY appreciated! Cheers, -- Jeff Newton Network Administrator Tantalus Communications Datapark Internet Services (604) 644-7454 ----------------- "Keep your stick on the ice!" - Red Greene