Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:44:43 -0700 From: "Steve Franks" <stevefranks@ieee.org> To: "FreeBSD Users Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: 6.2: "upgrade", or just "install" and restore rc.conf? Message-ID: <539c60b90701291344i3e927ea3l5829c5ba2c7e019a@mail.gmail.com>
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Presuming you have a 1 or 2 user system, and haven't done alot of mods, is there any reason to "upgrade" to 6.2 as opposed to just "install" it? Of the maybe 10 files I've modified, I have backed them up elsewhere, and it's fresh in my mind still. The only issues I can think of are (1) users/groups (of which I again have a whopping 2), and (2) installed packages - this could be a problem, as I have no idea how we (the os) "know" what's installed, and that info may or may not be deleted on a new install. (3) sysinstall/label doesn't seem happy about putting things on an existing slice(s) - when I fubared my 6.1 install it complained about insufficient space until I deleted all slices on the disk. Anyone care to comment on pros/cons of install vs. upgrade? Seems this is a relevant time for the discussion. Steve
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