From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 23 00:11:49 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id AAA05984 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 23 Jan 1997 00:11:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA05977 for ; Thu, 23 Jan 1997 00:11:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.4/8.6.12) with SMTP id AAA23681; Thu, 23 Jan 1997 00:11:38 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 00:11:37 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Eric Dawes cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: upgrade? In-Reply-To: <32E5450C.48F2@bitcorp.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 21 Jan 1997, Eric Dawes wrote: > I currently have freeBSD 2.1.5 Is there any way to upgrade to 2.1.6 > without completely wiping out what we currently have? We have a secure > server currently and do not want to lose our key. Three in a row! :) Yes: 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