From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 22 17:39:31 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id RAA24680 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 22 Jul 1996 17:39:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gamespot.com (ns1.gamespot.com [206.169.18.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA24675 for ; Mon, 22 Jul 1996 17:39:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tech-a.gamespot.com (tech-a.gamespot.com [206.169.18.59]) by gamespot.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id RAA13944 for ; Mon, 22 Jul 1996 17:29:18 GMT Message-Id: <199607221729.RAA13944@gamespot.com> Comments: Authenticated sender is From: "Ian Kallen" To: questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 17:34:02 +0000 Subject: How'd ya 2.1 to 2.1.5? sup? Reply-to: ian@gamespot.com Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.23) Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Sorry about the previous one, I cc'd my subject line 8] Well, it's time for me to embark on my first FBSD upgrade. I have 2.1 installed off the CD and from what I've read it looks like I want to run sup /usr/share/examples/sup/stable-supfile to download a new src tree (yea, I have the bandwidth). Then I should tar up /etc and back-up onto another machine. What about /var/mail, home and /usr/local/etc (where I have named and ftpd stuff) -- I've seen no mention of others backing up stuff besides /etc -- is it cause they like living dangerously, just have'nt mentioned it or is it really untouched by the upgrade process? What exactly do you do after running sup? It looks like there is also an Upgrade item in /sysinstall but it requires being booted from a floppy. Is this a preferable method to pursue? If I'm seeming a little confused, it's cause I am. Anybody want to offer me their preferred method of upgrading? My Specs: pentium 133 - 32 mb - 2940 SCSI, 3c509 ethernet - connor 1 gig SCSI hd, stealth 64 (but I hardly use my Xfree installation, I just telnet into it for most things) ~340 mb free in /usr T1 connected an unused 100 mb DOS partition TIA! Ian Kallen ian@gamespot.com Director of Technology & Web Administration http://www.gamespot.com