Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 13:14:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Francisco Reyes <fran@reyes.somos.net> Cc: FreeBSd Chat list <chat@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Why can't upgrades be simpler? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006271313500.18521-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200006271155.HAA33702@sanson.reyes.somos.net>
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On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, Francisco Reyes wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Jun 2000 01:50:27 -0700 (PDT), Kris Kennaway wrote:
>
> >The simple, painless way to do this is to do a binary upgrade, not a
> >source one.
>
> I am very interested on how this can be done.
> The box in question is scheduled to be done this weekend. So
> after I backup everything I could experiment with this type of
> upgrade before I proceed with a fresh install.
Typical upgrade install from sysinstall, using CD or snapshot or whatever
binary media. It will spam your /etc, so you'll want to replace your
passwd files etc afterwards.
Kris
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