From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 1 14:47:44 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from topaz.mdcc.cx (topaz.mdcc.cx [212.204.230.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8225437B401 for ; Thu, 1 Nov 2001 14:47:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from k7.mavetju.org (topaz.mdcc.cx [212.204.230.141]) by topaz.mdcc.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6B842B68F; Thu, 1 Nov 2001 23:47:37 +0100 (CET) Received: by k7.mavetju.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 27045150; Fri, 2 Nov 2001 09:47:19 +1100 (EST) Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 09:47:19 +1100 From: Edwin Groothuis To: Michael Silver Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: Re: Will reinstall erase existing data? Message-ID: <20011102094719.L35710@k7.mavetju.org> Mail-Followup-To: Edwin Groothuis , Michael Silver , "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" References: <7CBAE35D363AD411B0B00008C7B14CC26400C1@ns2.xpresssoftware.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <7CBAE35D363AD411B0B00008C7B14CC26400C1@ns2.xpresssoftware.com>; from msilver@xpresssoftware.com on Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 02:50:46PM -0500 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 On Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 02:50:46PM -0500, Michael Silver wrote: > 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. Woops. > 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. Threat the system as if it has to be upgraded from a previous version to the current one you have on disk: boot from the CD, select the disk label (not partitioner), select the distribution and off you go. At the end, you will still have all your data, just like it happens with a normal upgrade :-) Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org edwin@mavetju.org | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: ------------------+ http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message