Date: 17 Apr 2006 11:40:03 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Oliver Iberien <oliver-mailinglist@charter.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbie question - using sysinstall "Upgrade an existing system" - easy? Message-ID: <44u08s2oto.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <200604160947.21921.oliver-mailinglist@charter.net> References: <200604160947.21921.oliver-mailinglist@charter.net>
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Oliver Iberien <oliver-mailinglist@charter.net> writes: > What actually happens when you use "Upgrade an existing system" in > sysinstall? Do you end up with the X-server, etc., all functioning > as before, or is there a lot of cleanup to do afterwards? X doesn't get automatically updated by that path; just the base system. So your old X setup should work fine; it will be untouched. Of course, upgrades are *always* a good reason to have an *extra* set of backups. > (In my case, this would be from 6.0 to 6.1, whenever the release version of > 6.1 comes out. I am getting DMA errors in trying to install a second drive, > and posts from this list give the impression that changing versions may make > a difference.) It's possible. Not likely, though; among the several more-probable fixes, the Most Likely would be a new IDE cable.
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