Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 15:24:28 -0800 From: Beech Rintoul <akbeech@anchoragerescue.org> To: Rob Hudson <rob@euglug.net>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.2 to 4.3 upgrade Message-ID: <01080215242801.02519@galaxy.anchoragerescue.org> In-Reply-To: <20010802161027.I20681@cogit8.org> References: <20010802161027.I20681@cogit8.org>
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On Thursday 02 August 2001 03:10 pm, Rob Hudson wrote:
> I recently did a 4.2 to 4.3 upgrade by booting from the 4.3 floppies
> and using /stand/sysinstall.
>
> After it finished and it rebooted, it had wiped out my /var directory.
> Is this normal procedure?
>
> If it's not normal, then I probably did something wrong along the way.
> This is where I keep my mysql database files. Luckily I had a backup.
>
> :)
>
> Also, I chose _not_ to upgrade ports at the same time to minimize
> downtime. What would be the best way to get the new ports now that
> I'm up and stable?
>
> Thanks,
> Rob
>
Install cvsupit from the ports. My cvsupfile is called cvsupfile-ports and is
configured like this:
*default host=cvsup7.FreeBSD.org
*default base=/usr
*default prefix=/usr
*default release=cvs
*default delete use-rel-suffix
*default compress
ports-all tag=.
Call it with:
cvsup -P - -L 2 -g /etc/cvsupfile-ports
I use it every day to update the ports. As for the var directory I can't help
you. I've never used /stand/sysinstall to update.
Beech
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