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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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Subject: Re: upgrade 2.2 SNAP to 3.0 SNAP
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On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, Richard Levenberg wrote:

> is there an easy way to do this?  I have a running 2.2 SNAP system and I
> want to upgrade 3.0 SNAP.  Is there a prefered way of doing this?  Thanks
> in advance for any help you may be able give me.

My generic upgrade instructions will help.

FreeBSD Upgrade Checklist: 

1)  BACKUP /ETC, BACKUP /ETC, BACKUP /ETC.  IT __WILL__ BE MODIFIED!!!

2)  Boot the new floppy.  Select the 'update' option.  Follow the prompts.
Make sure you MOUNT your filesystems and not NEWFS them.  Select the same
distributions you did originally and any you wish to add.

3)  Hit 'commit'.  Take note of the modified files.

4)  WHen you're dumped to a shell prompt:
	
	.  Copy services back from your backup /etc.  It's three lines
 	   long now :(
	
	.  Edit sysconfig and re-config from scratch using your old one as
	   a guide.  

	.  Migrate any changes you made to rc.local and other files noted 
           during the upgrade process.

5)  Reboot, recompile & reinstall your kernel, reboot again, and enjoy.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major