Date: Thu, 1 Jun 1995 17:59:04 -0400 (EDT) From: -Vince- <vince@penzance.econ.yale.edu> To: Julian Elischer <julian@ref.tfs.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Upgrading to 2.05A Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.950601175257.15000n-100000@penzance.econ.yale.edu> In-Reply-To: <199506011830.LAA29539@ref.tfs.com>
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On Thu, 1 Jun 1995, Julian Elischer wrote:
> you can just get te sources and recompile..
> I did it.. works fine..
> you might recompile a few of the utilities (e,g, install)
> first to make sure, but a make world
> should do fine..
>
> the config files have changed, so back up /etc/and cd to /usr/src/etc
> and do {something} to install the new configuration stuff.
Hmmm, I thought the install did some disk optimization as well as
other things and also the slice code has changed since 2.0R and 2.0.5A.
Cheers,
-Vince- vince@kbrown.oldcampus.yale.edu
UCLA Physics/Electrical Engineering - UC Berkeley Fall '95
SysAdmin bigbang.HIP.Berkeley.EDU - Running FreeBSD - Real UN*X for Free!
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I am going to be upgrading from 2.0 -current as of 2 weeks ago to
> > 2.05A, can I just install the 2.05A source and do a make world or do I
> > have to do a reinstall? I don't have a tape backup but is it possible to
> > back up to floppies instead if it is really required? Any help would be
> > appreciated. Thanks.
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