From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 17 12:58:42 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA14180 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 17 Feb 1997 12:58:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from luke.cpl.net ([206.85.245.131]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA14172 for ; Mon, 17 Feb 1997 12:58:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (shawn@localhost) by luke.cpl.net (8.8.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id MAA02507; Mon, 17 Feb 1997 12:58:42 GMT Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 12:58:42 +0000 (GMT) From: Shawn Ramsey X-Sender: shawn@luke.cpl.net To: Jeff Newton cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Update 2.1.0 to 2.1.6 In-Reply-To: <3308997B.5794@datapark.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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! The most important thing when upgrading is BACKING UP EVERYTHING important. :) If DNS and mail is the only thing it is doing, /etc and maybe /home is all you would really need to backup.