From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 1 13:39: 2 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mother.xpresssoftware.com (ns2.xpresssoftware.com [206.153.19.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A04A037B407 for ; Thu, 1 Nov 2001 13:38:52 -0800 (PST) Received: by ns2.xpresssoftware.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Thu, 1 Nov 2001 14:50:49 -0500 Message-ID: <7CBAE35D363AD411B0B00008C7B14CC26400C1@ns2.xpresssoftware.com> From: Michael Silver To: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: Will reinstall erase existing data? Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 14:50:46 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C1630E.7F946C50" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C1630E.7F946C50 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I have a system that has pseudo crashed. I can login via the terminal, but my userland and kernel do not match due to a compile error. What I would like to do is re-install the latest version on top of what I have by booting with a floppy or CD. I have data in my /usr dir that I would prefer not to lose, but everything else I don't care about. Is this possible if I don't change the existing partitions and slices, i.e. will my data in /usr still be there after the install? ...Thanks... ...Michael... P.S. Please copy my return email address as I am not receiving list messages while my FreeBSD machine is down. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C1630E.7F946C50 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Will reinstall erase existing data?

I have a system that has pseudo crashed.  I can = login via the terminal, but my userland and kernel do not match due to = a compile error. 

What I would like to do is re-install the latest = version on top of what I have by booting with a floppy or CD.  I = have data in my /usr dir that I would prefer not to lose, but = everything else I don't care about.

Is this possible if I don't change the existing = partitions and slices, i.e. will my data in /usr still be there after = the install?

...Thanks...
...Michael...

P.S.  Please copy my return email address as I = am not receiving list messages while my FreeBSD machine is down.

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