Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 22:18:18 -0400 From: "Hakan K" <dominor@gmail.com> To: "Ross Penner" <ross.penner@gmail.com> Cc: User questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Downgrading from current Message-ID: <105fa37b0707291918j11cf3964x30e2e34d2bc66d13@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <op.tv88cbufq910fd@localhost> References: <op.tv88cbufq910fd@localhost>
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How about creating a new partition and using new partition for installation.? I do not think you will be able to keep the files, if u install on same partition... Thanks Troy http://dominor.net On 7/29/07, Ross Penner <ross.penner@gmail.com> wrote: > > I recently upgraded my system from stable to current to try and take > advantage of some of wireless features offered. Unfortunetly, things > didn't work out as well as I'd like to and I want to downgrade. > > Reading online, it seems that downgrading isn't supported and it's > probably best to just reinstall the system. This seems reasonable enough > to me but I have a couple problems I need to address first. > > I have a lot of data on my /usr partition that I would rather not have to > backup and then readd to the system. is there a way I can reinstall and > leave parts of the file system intact? I assume that I can use the same > partitions but I'm worried that reinstalling will clean the partitions. > > -- > sig ho! > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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