From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 4 19:37:31 2004 Return-Path: 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 1B59A16A509 for ; Thu, 4 Mar 2004 19:37:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from usw2.natel.net (2b.bz [209.152.117.190]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8E28843D1F for ; Thu, 4 Mar 2004 19:37:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from WD@US-Webmasters.com) Received: (qmail 29189 invoked from network); 5 Mar 2004 03:37:21 -0000 Received: from batv-01-024.dialup.netins.net (HELO xyz.US-Webmasters.com) (216.248.109.25) by us-webmasters.com with SMTP; 5 Mar 2004 03:37:21 -0000 Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20040304213446.0857c460@209.152.117.178> X-Sender: wd@209.152.117.178 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 21:36:26 -0600 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: "W. D." In-Reply-To: <20040305010724.GB89717@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <2074136C-6E24-11D8-900E-000A959670A0@cc.usu.edu> <2074136C-6E24-11D8-900E-000A959670A0@cc.usu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: cvsup vs upgrade (Backups?) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2004 03:37:31 -0000 Hey Kris, et. al. At 19:07 3/4/2004, Kris Kennaway, wrote: > Re cvsup vs upgrade.ems>=20 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3Dus-ascii >Content-Disposition: inline > >On Thu, Mar 04, 2004 at 02:37:24PM -0700, hal wrote: >> I have several machines running 4.3 and 4.4. Can >> I -upgrade- them safely to 4.7 using cvsup? > >Why stop at 4.7? Anyway, it should work if you follow the upgrade >directions in the handbook. As usual, do a full backup in case things >go wrong. What do most people use? Amanda? Bacula? dd? Over the network? Start Here to Find It Fast!=99 -> http://www.US-Webmasters.com/best-start-pa= ge/