From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 5 16:58:30 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 C46C616A4CE for ; Mon, 5 Jul 2004 16:58:30 +0000 (GMT) Received: from dsl-mail.kamp.net (mail.kamp-dsl.de [195.62.99.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0F21D43D49 for ; Mon, 5 Jul 2004 16:58:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from root@pukruppa.de) Received: (qmail 18985 invoked by uid 513); 5 Jul 2004 16:56:56 -0000 Received: from root@pukruppa.de by dsl-mail by uid 89 with qmail-scanner-1.21 Clear:RC:1(213.146.114.24):SA:0(-4.9/5.0):. Processed in 0.514176 secs); 05 Jul 2004 16:56:56 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 Received: from unknown (HELO reverse-213-146-114-24.dialin.kamp-dsl.de) (213.146.114.24) by dsl-mail.kamp.net with SMTP; 5 Jul 2004 16:56:55 -0000 Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 19:00:47 +0200 (CEST) From: Peter Ulrich Kruppa X-X-Sender: root@pukruppa.net To: Mark Jayson Alvarez In-Reply-To: <20040705144539.6924.qmail@web51607.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <20040705190021.V25593@pukruppa.net> References: <20040705144539.6924.qmail@web51607.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can I back-up my sources? 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: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 16:58:30 -0000 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 | +---------------------------+