From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jun 2 6:48:12 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from clmboh1-smtp3.columbus.rr.com (clmboh1-smtp3.columbus.rr.com [65.24.0.112]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFB9537B42C for ; Sat, 2 Jun 2001 06:48:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wmoran@iowna.com) Received: from iowna.com (dhcp065-024-023-038.columbus.rr.com [65.24.23.38]) by clmboh1-smtp3.columbus.rr.com (8.11.2/8.11.2) with ESMTP id f52Dink10022; Sat, 2 Jun 2001 09:44:49 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <3B18EE50.68C7CAD4@iowna.com> Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2001 09:46:56 -0400 From: Bill Moran X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rshea@thecubagroup.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hello,I come from Taiwan [OS Upgrade and preserve MySQL data] References: <007201c0ea6e$6800a9f0$6400a8c0@ccc> <20010602041714.107871F9D9E@deborah.paradise.net.nz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Richard Shea wrote: > > > > > > > Excuse me, I have a question. If I want FreeBSD4.1 update FreeBSD4.2, How should I do it. , But can reserve the data of MySQL , thinks! > > > > You can easily upgrade your system by compiling the 4.2-R or even > > 4.3-STABLE source code and installing the compiled base system. Please > > take a look into the FreeBSD handbook: > [snip] > > Regarding the other part of the original question. I think the questioner wanted > to know how he could do this upgrade of the OS but preserve his MySQL data. I don't know myself but I > would like to as it's something I have to do myself at some point - can anyone > else help ? The cvsup process will leave your MySQL data/config untouched, so doing the upgrade in that manner will not affect your MySQL installation in any way. That said, MAKE BACKUPS before upgrading, as unexpected things do happen sometimes. -Bill -- If a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, then what can I get for two hands in the bush? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message