From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jul 4 16:03:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA26160 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 4 Jul 1998 16:03:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from nanguo.chalmers.com.au (gateway.chalmers.com.au [203.1.96.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA26150 for ; Sat, 4 Jul 1998 16:03:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from robert@chalmers.com.au) Received: from chalmers.com.au (carbon.chalmers.com.au [203.1.96.26]) by nanguo.chalmers.com.au (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA06596; Sun, 5 Jul 1998 09:01:49 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <359EB720.69F724CF@chalmers.com.au> Date: Sun, 05 Jul 1998 09:13:36 +1000 From: Robert Chalmers Reply-To: robert@chalmers.com.au Organization: chalmers.com.au X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Thomas Dean CC: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 3.0. Does it require a completly new install? References: <199807041446.HAA00455@ix.netcom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi thomas, yes, I know all about backing up, but I am reluctant to spend the next week getting everything working again. Up to about 2.2.6, upgrading was a fairly simple matter, but since then, there have been some pretty major changes... Personally, I suspect my best option is to build a completly new system from scratch, hardware and all. Thomas Dean wrote: > > The answer to reluctance is BACKUP! > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Support Whirled Peas. Business in China? China House robert@chalmers.com.au ph:61 7 49440357 fx:61 7 49578425 #11252938 http://www.chalmers.com.au/ChinaHouse/Business/webposition http://www.chalmers.com.au/ChinaHouse/Business/net2phone.html http://www.chalmers.com.au/ChinaHouse/Business/vpay/vpay.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message