Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 19:00:47 +0200 (CEST) From: Peter Ulrich Kruppa <root@pukruppa.de> To: Mark Jayson Alvarez <jay2xra@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can I back-up my sources? Message-ID: <20040705190021.V25593@pukruppa.net> In-Reply-To: <20040705144539.6924.qmail@web51607.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040705144539.6924.qmail@web51607.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Mon, 5 Jul 2004, Mark Jayson Alvarez wrote: > Hi, > I only have a 4.9 cd and to upgrade to 4.10 or later > versions, first, I install the sources from my 4.9 cd > and then I use cvsup. Same as with FreeBSD Handbook > and Ports. > > Question: > > In upgrading to a higher version of FreeBSD(e.g; 4.9 > to 4.10) using cvsup, and I burned the contents of my > upgraded /usr/src to a cd, if my system crashes, will > makeworld work if I copy the contents of the cd into a > fresh /usr/src directory? > > Same as with FreeBSD Documentation(/usr/doc/en...) > and /usr/ports. I never had any problems with that. Uli. > > Or does it always have to be done as is? > > ...because one time, my freebsd crashed and I really > had a hard time fixing it and I end up re-installing > the whole system and running a very long cvsup process > again. > > Hope you could help me... > > Thanks > -jay > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > +---------------------------+ | Peter Ulrich Kruppa | | Wuppertal | | Germany | +---------------------------+
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