Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 14:25:32 -0400 (EDT) From: John Mills <jmmills@telocity.com> To: FreeBSD-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Q: how to upgrade least painfully Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0208261412050.5377-100000@otter.mills-atl.com>
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Hello - I have a fairly simple FreeBSD at RELENG_4_5 level and would like to move forward to RELENG_4_6. Since I have a successful kernel-build, boot, and network configurations set up, I would like to preserve them if I can. What directories and files should I back up for use and/or information later on? (I suppose '/etc/*', but how about others?) What about the configuration to which the kernel is built? The boot setup? Will the user accounts come along transparently? What should I expect will need reconfiguration after I am running on 4_6? I did a CVSUP, kernel build, and boot cycle in my 4_5 installation, and had no particular rework to do afterward, though I did walk through the boot parameters. When I'm happy with the results, how should I clean up - and ultimately remove - the older version? Thanks for any comments and pointers. I'm new at this. - John Mills To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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