From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 1 7:48:41 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fb01.eng00.mindspring.net (fb01.eng00.mindspring.net [207.69.229.19]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2791A3DB9 for ; Tue, 1 Feb 2000 07:48:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from wghicks.mindspring.com (user-33qtklq.dialup.mindspring.com [199.174.210.186]) by fb01.eng00.mindspring.net (8.9.3/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA08938; Tue, 1 Feb 2000 10:48:29 -0500 (EST) Received: from wghicks.mindspring.com (IDENT:jhix@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wghicks.mindspring.com (8.9.3/8.9.2) with ESMTP id HAA10730; Tue, 1 Feb 2000 07:50:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jhix@wghicks.mindspring.com) Message-Id: <200002011550.HAA10730@mindspring.com> To: Jonathon McKitrick Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, jhix@wghicks.mindspring.com Subject: Re: backup/restore methods for /usr/src In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 01 Feb 2000 15:40:32 GMT." Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2000 07:50:58 -0800 From: W Gerald Hicks Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG [snip] > Can i simply archive all of /usr/src and then restore it > and buildworld to restore my system to what it is now? Don't see why that wouldn't work > Are there any missing links or steps i need to do first > to make this work? It should be fine but I'd recommend cvsupping your slightly stale -stable src first. If you are going to build world, might as well do it with updated sources. For an easy way to get cvsup going on the new install: pkg_add ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CVSup/cvsupit.tgz Good Luck, Jerry Hicks jhix@mindspring.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message