From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jun 13 16:51:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA24670 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 13 Jun 1998 16:51:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from jason04.u.washington.edu (root@jason04.u.washington.edu [140.142.78.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA24657 for ; Sat, 13 Jun 1998 16:51:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jcwells@u.washington.edu) Received: from saul9.u.washington.edu (root@saul9.u.washington.edu [140.142.82.7]) by jason04.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.05) with ESMTP id QAA29698; Sat, 13 Jun 1998 16:51:28 -0700 Received: from s8-37-26.student.washington.edu (S8-37-26.student.washington.edu [128.208.37.26]) by saul9.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.04) with SMTP id QAA23287; Sat, 13 Jun 1998 16:51:27 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 16:41:07 +0000 (GMT) From: "Jason C. Wells" X-Sender: jason@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu To: Bryan Seltzer cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: easy question.. In-Reply-To: <199806132314.TAA14715@carriage.chesco.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 5 Jun 1998, Bryan Seltzer wrote: >I have just purchased 2.2.6 cdroms. I currently have my machine set up with >version 2.1.5. I have been able to get this working on my internal network >and able to dial out with this machine. The question is can I install over >the existing system or should I wipe the drive and start over again? It is possible to do an upgrade using '/stand/sysinstall'. There are many scary messages that go with the upgrade. I myself have never done an upgrade. I just save all of my configuration files and wipe it and start over. I have never had trouble with this method. Also, I am the only user on my system. YMMV. Catchya Later, | UW Mechanical Engineering Jason Wells | http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jcwells/ | 206-633-5994 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message