From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Jun 27 13:14:35 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A2ED37BB50; Tue, 27 Jun 2000 13:14:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (kris@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) with ESMTP id NAA58690; Tue, 27 Jun 2000 13:14:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.freebsd.org: kris owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 13:14:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Kennaway To: Francisco Reyes Cc: FreeBSd Chat list Subject: Re: Why can't upgrades be simpler? In-Reply-To: <200006271155.HAA33702@sanson.reyes.somos.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 -- In God we Trust -- all others must submit an X.509 certificate. -- Charles Forsythe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message