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Date:      Fri, 24 Nov 2000 08:14:18 mst7mst
From:      "Duke Normandin" <01031149@3web.net>
To:        Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: best upgrade path?
Message-ID:  <20001124222301.30CA937B479@hub.freebsd.org>

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On 22 Nov 00 at 20:36, Mike Meyer wrote:

>thursday@altavista.net types:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I have a FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE machine which I'm considering upgrading to
>> 4.2-RELEASE.
>> 
>> I'm wondering what the best upgrade path is: whether to use the "Upgrade"
>> method provided in /stand/sysinstall, or whether to wipe out the hard
>> drive and do a completely fresh install from scratch. 
>
>Wipe the hard drive (or at least everything fs that install is going
>to touch) and do a fresh install. The upgrade stuff is relatively
>painless, but it doesn't safe very much time.

Did you mean reformating the HDD in DOS when you wrote "wipe the hard drive" 
above - or something more Unix-centric? Thanks....

-duke
Calgary,Alberta, Canada


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