Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 10:00:54 -0800 From: "John Purser" <johnmpurser@home.com> To: "'J McKitrick'" <jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org>, "'Doug Barton'" <Doug@gorean.org> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: going from 4.0 -> 3.4 Message-ID: <001401bf95ba$e692cfa0$40390918@vncvr1.wa.home.com> In-Reply-To: <20000324173953.A90534@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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If there's not too much to save then I've got a temp solution. Zip the files into one file, set up a temporary secondary e-mail account, e-mail the files from your primary to the secondary account (or vice versa) then after you've made you're changes check your mail and download the saved files. You might want to do a dry run to be sure both mail services handle an attachment as large as you need. It might be a little simpler (and more reliable) than backing it all up to multiple floppies. John Purser *********************************************************************** Currently boycotting Amazon.com To find out why visit: http://perl.oreilly.com/cgi-bin/amazon_patent.comments.pl For an alternative visit: http://www.fatbrain.com/ -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of J McKitrick Sent: Friday, March 24, 2000 9:40 AM To: Doug Barton Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: going from 4.0 -> 3.4 On Fri, Mar 24, 2000 at 09:25:23AM -0800, Doug Barton wrote: > J McKitrick wrote: > > > > Welll, i read your previous comment again, and i had asked if it made > > sense to install just binaries and manpages, and then upgrade from the > > source tree to 3.4-stable. Actually, your response tot he question if > > that was possible was 'Yes.' > > You misunderstood. You cannot downgrade without wiping your disk. Sorry > I wasn't more clear. Ah, i see. Oh, well. Now i have to figure out how to backup /home with floppies. Maybe an ftp backup, or multiple tar.gz floppies. jm -- -------------------------------------------- Jonathon McKitrick -- jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org The spice must flow.... -------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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