From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 24 9:40: 1 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from serenity.mcc.ac.uk (serenity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.93]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6B8B37B7B6 for ; Fri, 24 Mar 2000 09:39:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97]) by serenity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 1.92 #3) id 12YY3t-000Iir-00; Fri, 24 Mar 2000 17:39:53 +0000 Received: (from jcm@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA90559; Fri, 24 Mar 2000 17:39:53 GMT (envelope-from jcm) Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 17:39:53 +0000 From: J McKitrick To: Doug Barton Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: going from 4.0 -> 3.4 Message-ID: <20000324173953.A90534@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <20000324015430.A85928@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <38DB28AF.A1410253@gorean.org> <20000324123638.A88106@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <38DBA503.E56180C3@gorean.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <38DBA503.E56180C3@gorean.org>; from Doug@gorean.org on Fri, Mar 24, 2000 at 09:25:23AM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Mar 24, 2000 at 09:25:23AM -0800, Doug Barton wrote: > J McKitrick wrote: > > > > Welll, i read your previous comment again, and i had asked if it made > > sense to install just binaries and manpages, and then upgrade from the > > source tree to 3.4-stable. Actually, your response tot he question if > > that was possible was 'Yes.' > > You misunderstood. You cannot downgrade without wiping your disk. Sorry > I wasn't more clear. Ah, i see. Oh, well. Now i have to figure out how to backup /home with floppies. Maybe an ftp backup, or multiple tar.gz floppies. jm -- -------------------------------------------- Jonathon McKitrick -- jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org The spice must flow.... -------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message