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To: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com>
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Subject: Re: Upgrading a currently running FreeBSD machine
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On Tue, 24 Jun 1997, Dan Busarow wrote:

> But, it should be a snap.  Just choose Upgrade from the installation
> menus.  It puts the new files destined for /etc into a subdirectory
> of /etc, leaving your current data untouched.

Be sure to save your /etc/hosts and /etc/resolv.conf before you start.
Those two files, along with /etc/ppp/ppp.conf and /etc/ppp/ppp.linkup, are
overwritten before /etc is saved.  :(

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