From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 13 16:40:42 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA00823 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 13 Jan 1998 16:19:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA06852 for ; Tue, 13 Jan 1998 15:33:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id VAA22542; Mon, 12 Jan 1998 21:56:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 21:56:06 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Luigi Canali cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: upgrade from 2.1.7 to latest In-Reply-To: <34B64B80.E769E0B7@ForzaCorp.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Luigi Canali wrote: > Are there any procedures I need to be aware of for an upgrade from: > 2.1.7-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.1.7-RELEASE #0, to the latest, or is it just a > matter of running the install? There are many major changes between 2.1.x and 2.2.x, primarily the change from sysconfig to rc.conf and the introduction of login classes. The upgrade should be straightforward: boot a 2.2.5 boot floppy, select `upgrade', and follow the prompts. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major