From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 3 13:32:18 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA11928 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 3 Mar 1998 13:32:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA11768 for ; Tue, 3 Mar 1998 13:31:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id NAA21027; Tue, 3 Mar 1998 13:31:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 13:31:22 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Peter Kreps cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Upgrade from 2.0 to 2.2.5 - safe? In-Reply-To: <199803021937.LAA13153@fugue.parker.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 2 Mar 1998, Peter Kreps wrote: > Forgive the simple question, but I am running a 2.0-RELEASE > system that was configured a couple of years ago. > > I would like to upgrade to 2.2.5 (primarily so I can run the Java > JDK1.1.5). > > I have a hard disk full of stuff which I want to preserve. > > Is it safe to use the upgrade option on the install boot floppy? > Are there file-system compatibility issues? For 2.0.0, probably not; there were major changes between 2.0.0 and 2.0.5. You're probably better reinstall. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message