Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2004 23:24:56 -0400 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading FreeBSD to a new release Message-ID: <16579.57352.18070.969527@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <1086560404.1256.53.camel@moonlight.localdomain> References: <1086558075.1256.33.camel@moonlight.localdomain> <200406061449.04391.kstewart@owt.com> <1086558922.1256.39.camel@moonlight.localdomain> <200406061503.28231.kstewart@owt.com> <1086560404.1256.53.camel@moonlight.localdomain>
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Roman Kennke writes: > All I want is not reinstalling the system after every few > releases. My first installation of FreeBSD was 2.0.5. Since then I have done a clean install for x.0 releases - as a matter of policy (excuse to upgrade hardware, plus it cleans out orphaned files) but not necessity. (Or am I not remembering a red flag day between 2.x and 3.0?) Between .0s, I have successfully upgraded using the method described in the handbook. These days I'm more worried about a port upgrade trashing a config file. Have I had problems? Yes. All of them turned out to be hardware-related or me doing something stupid that broke the process. Robert huff
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