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Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 15:54:40 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
Reply-To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Mervyn Ah-Young <merv@planet.net.au>
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Subject: Re: 2.2.5
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On Fri, 31 Oct 1997, Mervyn Ah-Young wrote:

> I am currently running 2.2.2 and would like to upgrade to 2.2.5.
> 
> Do I need to re-purchase the CD-ROM set or can I just download the 2.2.5
> kernel
> source and compile it on my machine?

You should update your binaries too, or else ps/top & friends will break.


FreeBSD Upgrade Checklist: 

1)  BACKUP /ETC, BACKUP /ETC, BACKUP /ETC.  IT __WILL__ BE MODIFIED!!!

2)  Make and boot the new floppy.  Select the 'update' option.  Follow 
the prompts.  Make sure you MOUNT your filesystems and not NEWFS them.  
Select the same distributions you did originally and any you wish to add.  
Don't forget that you can download the distributions to the local disk
and point sysinstall at them if you don't have a good network connection or
supported CD-ROM.

3)  Hit 'commit'.

4)  WHen you're dumped to a shell prompt:
	
	.  Edit rc.conf and re-config from scratch using your old one as
	   a guide.  

	.  Migrate any changes you made to rc.local and other files noted 
           during the upgrade process.

5)  Reboot, recompile & reinstall your kernel, reboot again, and enjoy.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major