Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 10:15:10 -0700 From: jeff.cross@averageadmins.com To: questions@freebsd.org Cc: jeff.cross@averageadmins.com Subject: Upgrading from 6.0 to 6.1 Message-ID: <20060512101510.z2k66mhqz1d1c4cw@www.averageadmins.com>
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This has possibly been discussed a number of times, and if it has, I =20 apologize. Here is my situation: I would like to upgrade my existing 6.0-SECURITY system to 6.1-RELEASE =20 and continue using freebsd-update to keep my system on the up and up. =20 I read through the upgrade instructions on disk #1 of the 6.1 release =20 CD and wondered if that would be the easiest way to upgrade? From what I read, all of the configuration files for 6.1 would be in =20 the /etc/upgrade folder. Would they have to stay there? Would 6.1, =20 from this point forward, always have the /etc folder in /etc/upgrade? =20 Do I copy new pieces back to /etc for the production system? I read =20 about merging but does it merge from /etc to /etc/upgrade? Is another scenario to do the cvsup method and go that route? If I =20 did, would I be able to use freebsd-update from that point forward or =20 would I be limited to only using the cvsup method? I know both require merging config files and what not, which makes me =20 a little nervous, but I would like the easiest method available. I =20 love using FreeBSD and use it primarily on my laptop so compiling the =20 entire OS on there may take a while so obviously the binary upgrade =20 looks good. I am just unsure about the /etc/upgrade folder and how I =20 get all of that back to /etc. I am somewhat a "noobert" in FreeBSD... I have been using it for less =20 than a year and really enjoy it over my past Linux experiences. =20 However, things like this make me nervous. This is my first upgrade =20 of a machine I use *all* the time. Thanks in advance! Jeff Cross http://www.averageadmins.com/
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