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From: kline@tera.com (Gary Kline)
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Subject: datapoint++
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   Here is a heads-up, or at least an additional data-point for
   your collection of BSD facts.
   
   When you upgrade across major levels: FreeBSD-3.X to -4.X, 
   and likely FreeBSD.4.X to FreeBSD.5.0, be cerain to upgrade
   your /stand/sysinstall.    By hand, 
   
     % cd /usr/src/release/sysinstall;
     % make; make install
     
   Because if you ever need to use /stand/sysinstall on your newly
   upgraded system to add a new drive, say, the old /stand/sysinstall
   will not be able to correctly probe your system.  
   
   This is what happened to me a few days ago and I was stumped *why*
   I seemed to have a "bad /stand/sysinstall," as I mentioned to a 
   friend.  It was a wise word from  Annelise Anderson that made me
   do an ls -l /stand/sysinstall on my new 4.0 system.  
   
   I was *positive*; no, I was *ABSOLUTELY, TOTALLY, 10000% certain*
   that when I finished with the buildworld/installworld contortions
   that the sysinstall  utility had been rebuilt and re-installed.
   ...Which suggests that anytime you are ABSOLUTELY certain of 
   anything and that you don't have to bother checking, check it 
   anyway.
   
   gary



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