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Date:      Wed, 07 May 1997 09:57:33 +0300
From:      Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il>
To:        scott@statsci.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Misc questions upon 2.1.5 -> 2.2.1 upgrade
Message-ID:  <337027DD.51F@barcode.co.il>
References:  <199705070414.VAA00696@one.sabami.seaslug.org>

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Scott Blachowicz wrote:
> 
> Hi-
> 
> I just upgraded and had a couple of questions...
> 
> 1) I regenerated my kernel (using /usr/src off of the "live" 2nd CD) and
>    now 'uname -a' says I'm running 2.2-STABLE instead of some 2.2.1
>    variant.  Presumably, it's OK, but I thought I'd mention it.
> 
> 2) I'd added firewall support into my previous kernel to play with it and
>    into the new one as well.  It looks like the upgrade procedure didn't
>    treat /etc/rc.firewall as a site-customizeable file (putting a new copy
>    in /etc/upgrade/, overwriting previous version).

Yeah, it's a well known oversight of the installation program. I've
recently seen it mentioned on -hackers, so maybe it'll change...

> 
> 3) My first try at the upgrade dropped me into the partition editor screen
>    asking me to fill in my old mount points.  Is there any reasonable way
>    that those could've been filled in for me?  I had them written down on
>    a piece of paper for the second try...
> 
> Thanx,
> --
> Scott Blachowicz  Ph: 206/283-8802x240   Mathsoft (Data Analysis Products Div)
>                                          1700 Westlake Ave N #500
> scott@statsci.com                        Seattle, WA USA   98109
> Scott.Blachowicz@seaslug.org



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