Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 07:17:26 -0500 (CDT) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> To: nadav@barcode.co.il (Nadav Eiron) Cc: echiu@majendie.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Best way to upgrade to 2.2.2 from 2.2.1 Message-ID: <199706241217.HAA04739@horton.iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <33AF819B.C44@barcode.co.il> from Nadav Eiron at "Jun 24, 97 11:13:15 am"
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In a previous message, Nadav Eiron said: > Elton Chiu wrote: > > > > I have just received the Release 2.2.2 CD from the mail. I have tried the > > upgrade option from the sysinstall and found it a little confusing. Could > > anyone please advise me whether there are any better ways to upgrade with > > the CD? If the sysinstall is the only way, what are the proper steps? I > > don't want to reinstall the OS, however. > > > > Any help will be greatly appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > Elton. > > > > ====================== > > Use UNIX - You next. > > ====================== > > The other way is to upgrade the source tree and make world, but I find > sysinstall easier most of the time. What you need to do is: > > 1. Backup /etc > 2. Boot the installation disk for 2.2.2 and choose the upgrade option. > Be careful to select the same distributions as you did for the first > installations, or some of the old versions will be retained. Here's a question then. 2.2.1's X distribution was linked with 3.0 current, and we were all warned against loading it. Is that fixed for 2.2.2? So wilee upgrade, the entire distribution work ok? > 3. When sysinstall is finished it will let you merge your old /etc > files. Simply diff new and old versions to find out what have changed. > 4. Reboot, and be happy. > > Hope this helps, > Nadav > > -- What is the mating call of a blonde? --"I'm SOOOO drunk!!"
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