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Date:      Fri, 11 Jun 1999 15:12:22 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Andreas Rozek <Andreas.Rozek@RUS.Uni-Stuttgart.De>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com>, Tassilo Erlewein <Tassilo.Erlewein@RUS.Uni-Stuttgart.De>
Subject:   Re: AW: Upgrading the kernel from 2.2.x to 3.2
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9906111511590.21365-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <006901beb324$9c433f80$db0d4581@ksat24.RUS.Uni-Stuttgart.De>

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On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, Andreas Rozek wrote:

> Christopher,
> 
> > There are several ways you could do this.
> >  1. CVSUP the source code and do a 'make upgrade' (there is 
> > more to it than
> > that).
> >  2. Create the boot floppies and do a binary upgrade.
> >  3. Backup your date, wipe the system clean, install from scratch.
> 
> thanks for the quick reply. From what I read in several notes, a bi-
> nary upgrade using  "sysinstall"  sounds most interesting.  Unfortu-
> nately,  I could not find any information on how to upgrade a system
> using "sysinstall" on the web. 

Boot the boot floppies then select 'upgrade' from the main menu & follow
the prompts.  Otherwise it's just like installing.

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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