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From: Seppo Kallio <kallio@cc.jyu.fi>
To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu
cc: Davide Tomi <davide@galactica.it>, questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: Upgrade from 2.0 to 2.1
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On Wed, 14 Feb 1996, Doug White wrote:

> On Wed, 14 Feb 1996, Davide Tomi wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have to upgrade my FreeBSD system from 2.0
> > to 2.1 (from CD-ROM).
> > The problem is that it seems that is not possible
> > to upgrade without reinstalling the all system.
> > This is a problem for me because I have many
> > applications installed.
> 
> You can do it, just mount the filesystems instead of re-making them.  

He means, leave the "N" to the partition line. "Y" means install will 
erase partition (you can change the N/Y with T command if I remember 
correct)

Seppo