Date: Tue, 13 Jun 1995 13:35:26 +0800 (CST) From: Brian Tao <taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw> To: Paul Vinciguerra <pvinci@ix.netcom.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.0.5 install - non-destructive Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.91.950613133359.776H-100000@aries> In-Reply-To: <199506130002.RAA05455@ix7.ix.netcom.com>
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On Mon, 12 Jun 1995, Paul Vinciguerra wrote:
>
> pull in the sources,
> recompile,
> Backup to tape,
> make fs changes,
> Restore from tape.
>
> Will this work, or do the filesystem changes preclude this?
That'll work, as long as you do a file dump and not a raw disk
block dump. Before I upgraded, I moved my /usr/X11R6 and /usr/local
filesystems to the NFS server and reformatted all the FreeBSD drives.
It's a good idea to keep your local changes to one or two filesystems
(thus /usr/local or /usr/contrib) so doing major OS upgrades is
relatively painless.
--
Brian ("Though this be madness, yet there is method in't") Tao
taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw <-- work ........ play --> taob@io.org
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