Date: Sun, 26 Oct 1997 23:34:03 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Upgrading cleanly and quickly Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971026233251.12269S-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.971024120733.15962A-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net>
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On Fri, 24 Oct 1997, Steve Hovey wrote: > I looked thru the list archives and all I can find are questions on how, > but no answers on how to cleanly upgrade an existing system. > > I have machines from 2.0.5 thru 2.2.2 that I would like to upgrade to > 2.2.5. > > Would I just copy out my /etc dir struct contents, use the boot flop, pick > upgrade, and then move /etc/stuff back where needed? Or does it not trash > /etc stuff? 2.2.5 sysinstall won't trash /etc/, it'll put conflicts into /etc/upgrade. But it's not a bad idea to backup anyway. > Are there other areas I would need to save out such as /sbin etc where I > put my own binaries or does it not whipe, but copy over things instead? No, existing files are not erased. > Has anyone hit any easy to fall into boners I should watch out for? On the pre-2.2.2 boxes, the config file is now rc.conf so they'll need to be hand-rewired and sysconfig moved out of the way. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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