Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 02:23:56 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fresh install on an existing UFS - possible? Message-ID: <19990408022356.F2997@marder-1.localhost> In-Reply-To: <19990408103817.O2142@lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Thu, Apr 08, 1999 at 10:38:17AM %2B0930 References: <19990408010922.A2997@marder-1.localhost> <19990408103817.O2142@lemis.com>
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On Thu, Apr 08, 1999 at 10:38:17AM +0930, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Thursday, 8 April 1999 at 1:09:23 +0100, Mark Ovens wrote: > > Can you install 3.1 (from the CDs) when one of the patitions already > > has a UFS and files on it? > > Yes. Good > > > ISTR, back in the 2.2.x days that sysinstall *insisted* on doing a > > newfs on *all* the partitions you selected. > > Your memory is letting you down. > A sign of age I guess > > For example, if the partition I want to use for /usr has an existing > > UFS and files on it will thoses files still be there after I install > > FreeBSD (assuming of course that they do not have the same filename > > as files that are installed, in which case they would be > > overwritten). > > In general, yes. In fact, you may find old corpses of forgotten > programs left behind as well. /etc is a special case if you choose > the upgrade installation: it gets moved out of the way, a new one is I'm not talking about upgrading, I mean a complete fresh install. If I make my new HD one single slice (with the existing FreeBSD system), mount it on /mnt, cp stuff I want to save, retaining the directory structure but putting it under say /mnt/old.system, when I do as fresh install using this single (whole disk) slice as /usr will I have, on the new system, /usr/old.system with all the files I copied under it? > installed, and you later have a choice of merging the old files. It's > messy at best: particularly the startup files have changed a lot, and > they're still changing. > > Greg > -- > When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. > For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html > See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers > finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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