From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 27 7:21: 4 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C64F037B405 for ; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 07:20:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ehr3.net (pool-141-150-140-202.mad.east.verizon.net [141.150.140.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 066A443E6E for ; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 07:20:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ehr3@ehr3.net) Received: (from ehr3@localhost) by ehr3.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g7REQnT56905 for questions@FreeBSD.org; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 10:26:49 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from ehr3) Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 10:26:49 -0400 (EDT) From: "Ernest H. Rice" Message-Id: <200208271426.g7REQnT56905@ehr3.net> To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Upgrading... Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello... Here is my uname output... FreeBSD fred.ehr3.net 4.5-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE #0: Thu May 23 16:59:31 EDT 2002 ehr3@fred.ehr3.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 I want to keep current on the STABLE RELEASE path, but also do not want to disturb the files I have in user's directories, etc. Custom configuration is also a concern... Will I be able to upgrade the OS without having to reconfigure/lose data? Is it intuitive how to do this? What version would you recommend? Thanks in advance for acommodating this basic question... Ernie Rice To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message