Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 19:41:59 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Greg Grohoski <gregg@cyrix.com> Cc: questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: "preservation" install Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961231194053.240C-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <9612311524.AA24499@woody.cyrix.com>
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On Tue, 31 Dec 1996, Greg Grohoski wrote: > Are there any plans to offer a "preservation" install? > By this I mean an install which overwrites only system files > (/usr/sbin, /usr/src/..., ...) and endeavors to leave > configuration (/etc/sysconfig, ...) and user-level > data/directories (/home, ...) alone? The upgrade option in sysinstall attempts to do this. It does try to migrate you /etc directory and can replace or edit some files, so just back it up before running the upgrade procedure and restore it when you get dumped to the shell prompt after the upgrade. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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