Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 00:22:30 -0500 From: Jim Conner <jconner@enterit.com> To: "Mitch Vincent" <mitch@venux.net>, "J McKitrick" <jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: "Brandon Fosdick" <bfoz@Glue.umd.edu>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: 4.0 questions Message-ID: <4.3.2.20000316002208.00d29390@mail.enterit.com> In-Reply-To: <02bb01bf8ed1$4ff49000$40ee2fd8@venux.net> References: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0003150000580.11988-100000@y.glue.umd.edu> <004301bf8e42$3a0735c0$4100000a@venux.net> <20000315123937.B33126@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <001f01bf8e7d$b678f5e0$40ee2fd8@venux.net> <20000315141802.B33618@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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Heh...we used to do crazy stuff like this at Disney all the time :) Jim At 05:53 PM 3/15/00 -0500, Mitch Vincent wrote: >Well, it took a nice long time to do it on my T1. I thnk around an hour and >a half to cvsup from 3.4 to 4.0.. So on a 56k modem I would say.... Ouch! > >I'm not sure if it's possible to save the old source tree, I guess you >could.. > >We did an interesting (but risky) thing when we messed up the vinum >partitions. We tar'd up the entire OS on to a tape, >re-partitioned/formatted/installed from the 3.4 CD and then untar'd the 4.0 >stuff from the tape, it was such a hack but hey, after being up for 36 hours >you'll try crazy stuff like that... Get this --- it worked! > >Good luck! > >- Mitch > >----- Original Message ----- >From: J McKitrick <jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org> >To: Mitch Vincent <mitch@venux.net> >Cc: Brandon Fosdick <bfoz@Glue.umd.edu>; <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> >Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 9:18 AM >Subject: Re: 4.0 questions > > > > About how long is the cvsup with a 56K connection? > > > > Also, is is possible to save the old source tree and then perform a > > roll-back if i have problems? > > > > jm > > -- > > --------------------------------------------- > > Jonathon McKitrick / jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org \ > > "I prefer the term Artificial Person myself."/ > > --------------------------------------------- > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Today's errors, in contrast: Windows - "Invalid page fault in module kernel32.dll at 0032:A16F2935" UNIX - "segmentation fault - core dumped" Humanous Beingsus - "OOPS, I've fallen and I can't get up" ------------------------------- Jim Conner NOTJames jconner@enterit.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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