From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Sep 9 14:23:19 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id OAA01398 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 9 Sep 1995 14:23:19 -0700 Received: from jolt.eng.umd.edu (jolt.eng.umd.edu [129.2.102.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id OAA01392 for ; Sat, 9 Sep 1995 14:23:17 -0700 Received: from cappuccino.eng.umd.edu (cappuccino.eng.umd.edu [129.2.98.14]) by jolt.eng.umd.edu (8.6.10/8.6.4) with ESMTP id RAA24826; Sat, 9 Sep 1995 17:23:10 -0400 Received: (chuckr@localhost) by cappuccino.eng.umd.edu (8.6.10/8.6.4) id RAA02514; Sat, 9 Sep 1995 17:23:08 -0400 Date: Sat, 9 Sep 1995 17:23:08 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey To: Neil Harmon cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Upgrade question In-Reply-To: <199509091816.OAA14278@hti.harmon.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: questions-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 9 Sep 1995, Neil Harmon wrote: > I'm very happlily using FreeBSD 2.0 and am now planning on upgrading to 2.0.5. > > I have the Walnut Vreek CDs so access to the code is no issue. > > I'm trying to figure out the best way to upgrade my system while keeping my > configuration. My system is my Internet gateway so I want to avoid having > to re-install ppp scripts, inittab stuff, etc. > > I've heard that there was a discussion about upgrade on usenet but my feed > apparently expired it before I got to them. Unfortunately, because changes were made to the partitioning of the disk, there isn't and never has been any upgrade path like what you want, from 2.0. Your only option _really is_ backup your key files and reinstall. ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and n3lxx, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 2.2 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------