From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 18 13:47:59 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA20116A4BF for ; Sat, 18 Oct 2003 13:47:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from storm.FreeBSD.org.uk (storm.FreeBSD.org.uk [194.242.157.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E56D343FE0 for ; Sat, 18 Oct 2003 13:47:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@grondar.org) Received: from storm.FreeBSD.org.uk (Ugrondar@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by storm.FreeBSD.org.uk (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h9IKluB6056845; Sat, 18 Oct 2003 21:47:56 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.org) Received: (from Ugrondar@localhost)h9IKluAm056844; Sat, 18 Oct 2003 21:47:56 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.org) X-Authentication-Warning: storm.FreeBSD.org.uk: Ugrondar set sender to mark@grondar.org using -f Received: from grondar.org (localhost [127.0.0.1])h9IKnpWl019035; Sat, 18 Oct 2003 21:49:51 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.org) From: Mark Murray Message-Id: <200310182049.h9IKnpWl019035@grimreaper.grondar.org> To: Jason Dictos In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 18 Oct 2003 13:26:54 PDT." Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 21:49:51 +0100 Sender: mark@grondar.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.2 required=5.0 tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,FROM_NO_LOWER,IN_REP_TO, QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES version=2.55 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) cc: "'freebsd-current@freebsd.org'" Subject: Re: Help saving my system X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 20:47:59 -0000 Jason Dictos writes: > From what I understand in the freebsd hand book, a cvsup get and a > buildworld won't touch anything in /etc, so if I just re-do a build > world of current I an *assuming* i'll be able to get back on track. Sort of. You've changed versions pretty seriously, so its very likey that you've got a big mess left behind. Its possible to clean up this mess, if you know what you are doing. If there is nothing on the box that you want to keep, its probably faster to reinstall. Otherwise you can muddle through, but for the most part, unless you show some pretty specific problems in rather fine (and not too long) detail, you are pretty much on your own. Sorry! For this, the questions@ and newbies@ lists are better than current@. M -- Mark Murray iumop ap!sdn w,I idlaH