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Date:      Wed, 21 Mar 2001 15:51:09 +0000 (GMT)
From:      "Kruppa, Peter Ulrich" <root@pukruppa.de>
To:        Bill Schoolcraft <bill@wiliweld.com>
Cc:        Doug Young <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au>, Eric Colburn <ecolburn@seeitfirst.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: 4.3 FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.33.0103211547240.254-100000@pukruppa.de>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.30.0103210509120.1673-100000@corten8>

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On Wed, 21 Mar 2001, Bill Schoolcraft wrote:

> Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 05:12:28 -0800 (PST)
> From: Bill Schoolcraft <bill@wiliweld.com>
> To: Doug Young <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au>
> Cc: "Kruppa, Peter Ulrich" <root@pukruppa.de>,
>      Eric Colburn <ecolburn@seeitfirst.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: 4.3 FreeBSD
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> At Wed, 21 Mar 2001 it looks like Doug Young composed:
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> dougy->I know a heap of experts will disagree, but by far the best uptimes
> dougy->I've achieved with FreeBSD have been with an install of some RELEASE
> dougy->version from CD, & leaving the thing untouched til the next RELEASE.
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> <humbly_snipped>
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> I wanted to clarify whether you "re-install" with the new release on
> CD or "up-grade" with the new release on CD.
Upgrading will leave your configuration-files and your applications
untouched, reinstalling would destroy your configs and leave your apps
alive.
Only when you really format or change your partitions-layout everything
will be redone.

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> If you "upgrade" what packages do you "choose" to install from the
> newer CD to the older release ?
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> Bill Schoolcraft
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