Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 15:51:09 +0000 (GMT) From: "Kruppa, Peter Ulrich" <root@pukruppa.de> To: Bill Schoolcraft <bill@wiliweld.com> Cc: Doug Young <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au>, Eric Colburn <ecolburn@seeitfirst.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: 4.3 FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0103211547240.254-100000@pukruppa.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.30.0103210509120.1673-100000@corten8>
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On Wed, 21 Mar 2001, Bill Schoolcraft wrote: > Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 05:12:28 -0800 (PST) > From: Bill Schoolcraft <bill@wiliweld.com> > To: Doug Young <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au> > Cc: "Kruppa, Peter Ulrich" <root@pukruppa.de>, > Eric Colburn <ecolburn@seeitfirst.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: 4.3 FreeBSD > > At Wed, 21 Mar 2001 it looks like Doug Young composed: > > dougy->I know a heap of experts will disagree, but by far the best uptimes > dougy->I've achieved with FreeBSD have been with an install of some RELEASE > dougy->version from CD, & leaving the thing untouched til the next RELEASE. > > <humbly_snipped> > > I wanted to clarify whether you "re-install" with the new release on > CD or "up-grade" with the new release on CD. Upgrading will leave your configuration-files and your applications untouched, reinstalling would destroy your configs and leave your apps alive. Only when you really format or change your partitions-layout everything will be redone. > > If you "upgrade" what packages do you "choose" to install from the > newer CD to the older release ? > > > -- > Bill Schoolcraft > PO Box 210076 -o) > San Francisco CA 94121 /\ > "UNIX, A Way Of Life." _\_v > http://forwardslashunix.com > > > > > > > > > -- ################################################### # # # www.pukruppa.de www.2000d.de # # # ################################################### To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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