From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 12 17:15:17 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1968416A51D for ; Fri, 12 May 2006 17:15:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jeff.cross@averageadmins.com) Received: from svr85.edns1.com (svr85.edns1.com [67.15.56.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD3A243D45 for ; Fri, 12 May 2006 17:15:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jeff.cross@averageadmins.com) Received: from cpanel by svr85.edns1.com with local (Exim 4.52) id 1FebEM-0000iM-Qo; Fri, 12 May 2006 10:15:10 -0700 Received: from 127.0.0.1 ([127.0.0.1]) by www.averageadmins.com (Horde MIME library) with HTTP; Fri, 12 May 2006 10:15:10 -0700 Message-ID: <20060512101510.z2k66mhqz1d1c4cw@www.averageadmins.com> Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 10:15:10 -0700 From: jeff.cross@averageadmins.com To: questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.1.1) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - svr85.edns1.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [32001 503] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - averageadmins.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: jeff.cross@averageadmins.com Subject: Upgrading from 6.0 to 6.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 17:15:17 -0000 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/