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On Fri, 21 Feb 1997, Adam Furman wrote:

> I'm running a few FreeBSD 2.1.0 boxes and would like to run CVSUP to
> upgrade them to FreeBSD 2.1.7 how would that be done.  

It is much easier to just grab the boot floppy & necessary files and
select the 'upgrade' option.


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.



> Also We have a
> FreeBSD 2.20 snap 080196 and would like that upgrade to what is the latest
> in that serieous.  Would someone please tell me how I could get this to
> work.  

Same procedure, I think; I have to upgrade one of these machines once
2.2-R is out. 

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