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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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