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Date:      Tue, 24 Jun 1997 17:02:29 -0400 (EDT)
From:      jack <jack@diamond.xtalwind.net>
To:        Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com>
Cc:        "Jacob J. Pinsky" <jpinsky@radonc.som.sunysb.edu>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Upgrading a currently running FreeBSD machine
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970624165856.6433B-100000@zeus.xtalwind.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.UW2.3.95.970624100444.10144C-100000@cedb>

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On Tue, 24 Jun 1997, Dan Busarow wrote:

> But, it should be a snap.  Just choose Upgrade from the installation
> menus.  It puts the new files destined for /etc into a subdirectory
> of /etc, leaving your current data untouched.

Be sure to save your /etc/hosts and /etc/resolv.conf before you start.
Those two files, along with /etc/ppp/ppp.conf and /etc/ppp/ppp.linkup, are
overwritten before /etc is saved.  :(

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