Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1995 13:02:31 -0600 (CST) From: Joe Greco <jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com> To: team_fbf@pristine.com.tw (ywliu) Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best way to upgrade to 2.1R ? Message-ID: <199512281902.NAA07195@brasil.moneng.mei.com> In-Reply-To: <199512281638.QAA28326@neptune.pristine.com.tw> from "ywliu" at Dec 28, 95 04:38:40 pm
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> Hi, > > Our company , an ISP, uses FreeBSD 2.05R for all servers. Now we decided > to move up to 2.1R for a more stable environment. After experimenting with > the upgrade option in the 2.1R installation, it ruins my old 2.05R > settings at my home. Now I want to know if there is anybody who > has successfully upgraded from 2.05R to 2.1R manually. I plan to > do this manually and hope you can help. > > Yen-Wei Liu Closest I have come was taking the 2.0.5R root drive and replacing it with a 2.1.almostR root drive on my news server, and then copying over relevant files. Fortunately my tendency not to make gratuitous changes (but to make specific changes on ALL machines I install) makes it not all that hard, and all the applications I needed were over in /usr/local. ... Joe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joe Greco - Systems Administrator jgreco@ns.sol.net Solaria Public Access UNIX - Milwaukee, WI 414/342-4847
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