Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 12:24:12 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Mike Harding <mvh@ix.netcom.com> Cc: steffen@vorrix.com, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Major upgrade Message-ID: <15023.46924.215211.294466@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20010314163609.49125113D43@netcom1.netcom.com> References: <000e01c0ac9d$abd50040$fd03a8c0@ws001> <20010314163609.49125113D43@netcom1.netcom.com>
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Mike Harding <mvh@ix.netcom.com> types: > Having done this before I would HIGHLY recommend doing a clean install > and restoring the 'good stuff' from backup. Wanting to be able to do this easily is a *very* good reason for keeping the "good stuff" (basically, anything locally developed or supported) on a different file system from the "freebsd stuff". It means the only things you have to restore after a clean install (including newfs'ing the file systems) are various config files, and possibly /var/db/pkg if packages are counted as "the good stuff". If you don't count packages that way, then you need to keep an ls of /var/db/pkg so you know what to reinstall after the ugprade. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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