From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 29 21:54:54 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 425BF16A403 for ; Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:54:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from heli@mikestammer.com) Received: from smtp110.sbc.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp110.sbc.mail.re2.yahoo.com [68.142.229.95]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E571813C4A5 for ; Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:54:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from heli@mikestammer.com) Received: (qmail 93221 invoked from network); 29 Jan 2007 21:54:53 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.mikestammer.com) (mikestammer@sbcglobal.net@70.131.134.249 with login) by smtp110.sbc.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 29 Jan 2007 21:54:53 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: yBj7WWIVM1klNjdhy6wAlqMQTFZacbCXhYYAJJ80FSG0DUbDu7W4maDC4OYZjkbQM41Hor5SeMO7HriSuPL3UZoHWoV1ra83Er5_kkBPJLnVfdq4KcNW7qVQtDNGz1osGVN_wmB8vWpDieygrxsqUM0HAcFDz8bqxUhhPSpL_77M61trk3qkuoK082j3 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.mikestammer.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6F0E1146C; Mon, 29 Jan 2007 15:54:52 -0600 (CST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mikestammer.com Received: from mail.mikestammer.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (gondolin.middleearth.mikestammer.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id PD-u2rQ06ZV8; Mon, 29 Jan 2007 15:54:51 -0600 (CST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: eric) by mail.mikestammer.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C0A11141B; Mon, 29 Jan 2007 15:54:51 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <45BE6D29.5070608@mikestammer.com> Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 15:54:49 -0600 From: Eric User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0b2 (Windows/20070116) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Steve Franks References: <539c60b90701291344i3e927ea3l5829c5ba2c7e019a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <539c60b90701291344i3e927ea3l5829c5ba2c7e019a@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Users Questions Subject: Re: 6.2: "upgrade", or just "install" and restore rc.conf? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:54:54 -0000 Steve Franks wrote: > Presuming you have a 1 or 2 user system, and haven't done alot of > mods, is there any reason to "upgrade" to 6.2 as opposed to just > "install" it? Of the maybe 10 files I've modified, I have backed them > up elsewhere, and it's fresh in my mind still. The only issues I can > think of are (1) users/groups (of which I again have a whopping 2), > and > (2) installed packages - this could be a problem, as I have no idea > how we (the os) "know" what's installed, and that info may or may not > be deleted on a new install. > (3) sysinstall/label doesn't seem happy about putting things on an > existing slice(s) - when I fubared my 6.1 install it complained about > insufficient space until I deleted all slices on the disk. > > Anyone care to comment on pros/cons of install vs. upgrade? Seems > this is a relevant time for the discussion. > upgrade is super easy. on a more or less stock system, it should be very straightforward. its good practice and fun too! =) Eric i have instructions on my site should you want a step by step guide. Goto mikestammer.com and then the freebsd section if you are interested