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Date:      Thu, 17 Feb 2000 22:07:43 -0500
From:      "James A. Mutter" <jmutter@ds.net>
To:        cjclark@home.com
Cc:        Ryuhei Tanabe <ryu@ryu.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Why should I upgrade from 2.2.8 to 3.4
Message-ID:  <38ACB77F.426D8281@ds.net>
References:  <20000216072546.RDPI28348.mta04.onebox.com@onebox.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002152357380.54931-100000@freefall.freebsd. org> <4.2.0.58.J.20000216100126.00a5b210@mail.webjapan.com> <20000217220642.B53575@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>

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> > I'm currently running freebsd 2.2.8-stable on my machine.  Well of course,
> > I ve been thinking of upgrading my server to 3.x-stable.
> > But I'm sort of scared of that I might just screw my server when I upgrade it.
> > Is there any specific things, I should be very careful when upgrading
> > Freebsd from 2.2.8 to 3.x ?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> 
> To start with,
> 
> 1) New boot blocks.
> 
> 2) Incompatible wtmp and utmp between versions.
> 
> 3) Rebuild shared-lib hints.

Finally - if you're worried about breaking something during the upgrade
you can always take what I call the "preferred path",
backup/reinstall/migrate.

Jim


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