Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 16:49:23 +0100 From: Dick Hoogendijk <dick@nagual.st> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: upgrading FreeBSD Message-ID: <20050202154923.GA82005@lothlorien.nagual.st> In-Reply-To: <20050202153016.GA66813@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> References: <4200EE07.2070700@comcast.net> <20050202153016.GA66813@falcon.midgard.homeip.net>
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On 02 Feb Erik Trulsson wrote: > The sequence > backup all data > make a fresh install of 5.3 > restore data from backup > will almost certainly be quicker, simpler, and less prone to > catastrophic failure. > > (Making a backup of all important data is a *very* good idea anyway.) You're so right ;-) Main problem (at least to me) is almost everytime *what* is important data and what is not? I don't mean my personal stuff (that's the easy part), but more, which control files and (fine) tunings on the running system do I not want to loose? /etc and /usr/local/etc are very important data dirs, but what others are too? -- dick -- http://nagual.st/ -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE ++ Running FreeBSD 4.11 ++ FreeBSD 5.3 + Nai tiruvantel ar vayuvantel i Valar tielyanna nu vilja
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